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J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.

is in the Media Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$16.3M

Private
US

Dow Jones Description

Pepper's exciting history details the company's growth from a small print shop into the world's largest retailer of sheet music. William C. and Rachel Pepper founded their print shop in south Philadelphia in 1845. While working in his parents' shop, James (J.W.) Pepper began teaching instrumental music lessons. The company's success in the early years is largely attributed to James Pepper's musical knowledge coupled with extraordinary business sense and fine advertising skills. He was shrewd enough to realize retailing music goods along with manufacturing, engraving, printing, and publishing gave him a distinct advantage over his competitors. In 1876, James (J.W.) published a variety of journals, the most noteworthy being the "Musical Times" and "Brass and Reed Band Journal." Both journals featured quickstep marches and instrumental instructional materials. Business expanded to include the sale of musical instruments when Pepper's first retail store opened for business at 832 Filbert Street in Philadelphia in 1877. Encouraged by the company's success, a New York retail outlet was established in 1880. This location facilitated an affiliation with world renowned instrument maker, John Distin. With Distin's help, Pepper moved aggressively into the instrument manufacturing and importing business. Another location followed in Chicago in 1886. The 1880s saw numerous patents secured for Pepper instruments and their various components...

Chief Operating Officer

Lee Paynter

Number of Employees 140

Contact Information

2480 Industrial Blvd

Paoli, Pennsylvania 19301

www.jwpepper.co...

(610) 648-0500

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Music Publishers: 512230

News & Analysis

j.w. pepper & son inc. - All News and Analysis

Tapping employee's insights to expand productivity - sheet music distributor J.W. Pepper & Son Inc. cuts working hours but increases productivity and morale - Managing Your Small Business - Brief Article

- 1996-11-01

The challenge for Ron L. Rowe was making sometimes-boring work more interesting to his 150 mostly clerical employees while simultaneously improving productivity. For J.W. Pepper & Son Inc., a sheet-music distributor in Paoli, Pa, business is cyclical. Workers pack and ship sheet music to schools and orchestras, with 70...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Lee Paynter	Chief Operating Officer
Glenn Burtch	Vice President of Research and Development, Pepper's Print
Kathy Fernandes	Vice President of Marketing
Michelle Gutoske	Vice President, Branch Manager
Pat Howland	Vice President, Manager
Jenifer Green	Operations Manager
Mary Green	Branch Manager
Pat Clemens	Office Manager
Scott Grady	Manager of J.W. Pepper's Branch
Andrew Boysen
Barry E Kopetz	Wingert, Jones Composer
Ben Clinesmith	Wingert, Jones Composer
Christian Earl	Wingert, Jones Composer
Claude T Smith	Wingert, Jones Composer
Daniel Bukvich	Wingert, Jones Composer
Daniel W Chisham	Wingert, Jones Composer
Darren Jenkins	Wingert, Jones Composer
David Gorham	Wingert, Jones Composer
David Holsinger	Wingert, Jones Composer
Frank Byrne	Wingert, Jones Composer
Gary P Gilroy	Wingert, Jones Composer
James Barnes	Wingert, Jones Composer
John R Bourgeois	Wingert, Jones Composer
Keith Michael Davis	Wingert, Jones Composer
Larry Mactaggart	Wingert, Jones Composer
Nancy H Seward	Wingert, Jones Composer
Robert E Foster	Wingert, Jones Composer
Roland Barrett	Wingert, Jones Composer
Samuel Hazo
Walter J Halen	Wingert, Jones Composer
Walter S Hartley	Wingert, Jones Composer

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Chief Operating Officer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Vice President of Research and Development, Pepper's Print	Current

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J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Vice President of Marketing	Current

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J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Vice President, Branch Manager	Current

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J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Vice President, Manager	Current

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J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Operations Manager	Current

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J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Branch Manager	Current

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J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Office Manager	Current

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J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Manager of J.W. Pepper's Branch	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Art of Sound Music, LLC.		Current
Wingert-Jones Publications		Current
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.		Current
C. Alan Publications		Current
Indiana State University	Associate Director	Former
Indiana State University	Assistant Professor	Former
University of New Hampshire	assistant professor	Former
Cary-Grove	Director	Former
Indiana State University	Board of Directors	Former
Northwestern University	Master of Music Degree In Wind	Former
Eastman School of Music	D.M.A. in wind conducting	Former

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
The Ohio State University	Master Degrees	Former

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
Wingert-Jones Publications	Composer	Current
American Symphony Orchestra	Board of Directors	Former
American Symphony Orchestra	Member	Former

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
Wingert-Jones Publications	Composer	Current
C.L. Barnhouse Co		Current
The National Band Association, Inc	Board of Directors	Current
Salt Lake Symphonic Winds	Board of Directors	Current
The National Band Association, Inc	Member	Current
Weber State University	Bachelor's Degree In Instrumental Music Education	Former

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current

Daniel Bukvich was born and raised in Montana, U.S.A., and has taught at the University of Idaho since 1976. He travels (reluctantly) throughout the United States and Canada as a guest composer, conductor, and percussionist in concerts with professional, college, high school, and grade school bands, orchestras, choirs, honor and all-state groups and has been known to appear (possibly as a result of physical threat to his person or family) at similar events in Europe and East Asia. His teachers have been among the leading composers, conductors, and educators in the Western United States, and Bukvich has absorbed not only their philosophies on music but also their satisfaction with, if not complete desire for, professional and personal obscurity. In fact, he is infamous for being almost impossible to contact due to an extremely busy teaching and composing schedule and his refusal to communicate by any means more modern than face-to-face conversation. His musical compositions and arrangements are performed by orchestras, choirs, bands, soloists, chamber groups and jazz groups around the world.

Organization	Position	Status
Bukvich Music	Composer	Current
Wingert-Jones Publications	Composer	Current
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
University of Idaho	Master of Music Degree In Composition	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Wingert-Jones Publications	Composer	Current
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
C.L. Barnhouse Co		Current
University of Missouri-Columbia	Master of Music Degree	Former
Wichita State University	Bachelor of Music Degree	Former

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
Wingert-Jones Publications	Composer	Current
Washburn University		Former

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Kansas City Symphony	Executive Director	Current
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
Wingert-Jones Publications	Composer	Current
Kansas City Symphony	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
Wingert-Jones Publications	Composer	Current
Marine Corps		Former
Loyola University		Former

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Wingert-Jones Publications	Composer	Current
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
University of Central Arkansas		Former

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
Wingert-Jones Publications	Composer	Current
Central Methodist College		Former

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
The National Band Association, Inc	Chair	Former
University of Florida	Board of Directors	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Wingert-Jones Publications	Composer	Current
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
The University of Oklahoma	Master of Music Education Degree	Former

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.		Current

Organization	Position	Status
J.W. Pepper & Son Inc.	Wingert, Jones Composer	Current
Wingert-Jones Publications	Composer	Current
Missouri Music Teachers Association	Composer	Former
Cmsu	Professor of Music	Former