About Us
Contois Music, LLC
217 Pearl Street
Essex Junction, VT 05452
Toll Free: 1(877) 266-8647 Local: (802) 878-8333 Fax: 1(802) 878-6434
eMail: customerservice@contoismusic.com
Contois Music, LLC. Established in 1971, has always been on the forefront of Music, Education, and Technology. Since launching our Internet Business in 1996, we have provided our Nationwide Customers with the same high-quality customer sales and service that we've provided our local customers since 1971.
Business TimeLine:
- 1971 - Dave, Dan, Stan, and Judy Contois open local music store in Essex Junction, VT selling Pianos and Organs. (Contois Pianos & Organs)
- 1982 - After Dave finishes attending Boston's Berklee College of Music, Contois acquires the Yamaha Music Product franchise.
- 1986 - Dave develops areas first Bulletin Board System (BBS) to provide customers with information to and from the local store via personal computers. (We were into online technologies way before those big box guys!) .
- 1996 - Contois Music launches informational based website www.contois.com .
- 1997 - Contois Music launches first ecommerce site for ordering Yamaha Music Products.
- 1999 - Contois Music is the featured cover story for Musical Merchandise Review magazine for it's unique business of selling Yamaha Music Products exclusively and extensive use of Internet Technologies.
- 2001 (September) - Redesigned eCommerce site is launched. www.eMusicGear.com
- 2003 (October) - eMusicGear launches new redesigned eCommerce Site!
- 2006 (August) - eMusicGear domain name changed to ContoisMusic.com
- 2006 (December) - Contois Music, LLC celebrates 35th year in the music business.
- 2007 (January) - Contois Music, LLC launches eBay site. http://stores.ebay.com/contoismusic
- 2008 (December) - Contois Music, LLC launches new redesigned ecommerce site. www.ContoisMusic.com
Dave Contois - Owner/Partner
Dave Contois is in charge of all Internet Ecommerce Development and Retail operations. After attending the famous Berklee School of Music in Boston, Dave decided to take over the family business and exclusively retail Yamaha Music Products. Dave's computer experience results from his father Stan (an IBM employee of over 27 years) and being involved with various computer and multimedia technologies, such as the IBM Music Feature Card introduced in the mid 80's. This was back in the days of the PC Junior! The IBM Music Feature Card was one of the first PC cards that interfaced computers and keyboards for home entertainment and education. Ironically enough it was a collaboration between IBM and Yamaha. Dave began marketing the Yamaha Portable Keyboards to homes and schools using the personal computer well before anyone in the industry. Contois Music quickly became, and is still today, recognized as one of the leading Yamaha Music Product retailers in the U.S. Dave has 3 children, and continues to play in his Jazz Trio locally.
Dan Contois - Sales / Service / Tech Support
Dan Contois (Dave's Brother) handles all technical support and service. Dan continues to be the best in his field for all of our service and technical support needs. Thus making us one of the few Yamaha Dealers in the U.S. that is also a Yamaha Authorized Service center.
Judy and Stan Contois - Owners/Partners - Day to Day Operations
Judy and Stan Contois (Dave and Dan's Parents) handle most of our day to day odds and end operations. Judy spends a lot of time at the store answering the phone and helping out with the books. Both parents help out tremendously watching all of the grandchildren while Dave and Dan are hard at work.
At Contois Music, LLC we're dedicated to giving you the best sales, service, and support in the Music Business. We've designed our site to give you the best shopping experience and provide the most informative product descriptions and provide related items that really go with the product, realtime inventory status, and advanced customer order tracking. We hope you enjoy the shopping experience!
Dave....
