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- ↑ WW&BW in Chap. 11; Creditors Announced - Music Inc magazine (November 27, 2006)
- ↑ Guitar Center unit bids $37.1M for Woodwind & Brasswind - Daily Camera / Associated Press (November 28, 2006)
- ↑ Steinway Musical Instruments Investor Relations Page
- ↑ "USSEC Form 8-K for Guitar Center, Inc". 30 January 2007.
- ↑ "South Bend's Woodwind & Brasswind Closing its Doors". WSBT-TV. 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2011-08-18.