Cascio Interstate Music Recognized with Drum and Percussion Outstanding Dealer Awards
New Berlin, WI (PRWEB) March 31, 2015 -- Music retailer Cascio Interstate Music was presented with two awards in the drum category during the music industry's Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Cascio received an "Outstanding Dealer Award" from the Zildjian Company based on Zildjian sales and merit, along with an "Outstanding Retailer Award" from Vic Firth Company for Cascio's impressive sales growth achievements in 2014. Though 2014 was a challenging year in the percussion market, Cascio was recognized by these two major drum companies.
Cascio Interstate CEO Michael Houser states, "We are very pleased to receive this national recognition for our Company from two significant drum manufacturers such as Zildjian and Vic Firth. Our commitment to the drum category has been constant for the past 68 years, and is headed up by our Drum Category Specialist and product expert, Scott Thayer. It is extremely gratifying for us as an independent company to earn these major awards in a competitive marketplace.”
Many of Zildjian's products are available at Cascio Interstate, including drumset cymbals, GEN16 cymbals for electronic drumsets, band & orchestra cymbals, drumsticks and mallets, and various accessories. Many artists in the music industry use Zildjian products when they perform and record. Zildjian started as a business in Constantinpole in 1623 and has been passed down to Zildjian heirs for fifteen generations. The company is recognized as America's oldest family-owned business, headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts.
Vic Firth's products carried by Cascio Interstate include drumsticks for drumsets and percussion instruments, brushes, beaters, mallets for keyboards and timpani, marching drumsticks, and various accessories. Vic Firth products remain the choice of drummers across all musical genres worldwide. Established in 1963 by world-renowned principal timpanist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Everett “Vic” Firth, its headquarters are in Boston, Massachusetts with its manufacturing facility in Newport, Maine.
Cascio Interstate Music ranks in the top 15 nationally among musical instrument retailers as well as being one of the nation's top drum retailers. Cascio provides musical instruments and accessories to musicians of all ages, including music educators at over 100,000 schools and universities, as well as music professionals worldwide. The Company started in 1946 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and proudly remains independently owned, operated and run by musicians.
Over 100,000 musical products are marketed nationwide via catalogs and online, and locally at their SuperStore in New Berlin, Wisconsin. For Wisconsin musicians, their Milwaukee music store offers private music lessons, free educational clinics, musical instrument rentals, musical instrument and electronic repair, and more. Cascio designs, markets and manufactures proprietary brand musical instruments including Union Drums, Archer Guitars, Ravel Band Instruments and Melokia Ukuleles for consumers, major online retailers and schools worldwide. Read more at http://www.interstatemusic.com.
Mike Houser, Cascio Interstate Music, http://www.interstatemusic.com, +1 (262) 789-7600, [email protected]
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