In the Spotlight: J Landress Brass
J Landress Brass is New York City’s premier dedicated brass instrument store.
As the company’s relationship with John Packer Musical Instruments continues to flourish, owner Josh Landress discusses why he chooses JP.
Tell me about J Landress Brass.
JL: In my business, there are ten of us in the store. In that group, there are seven repair technicians.
We have a social media and media person, as well as a sales and shipping department. We have 3500ft² of dedicated brass instruments and repairs in Midtown Manhattan.
Tell me about your relationship with JP Musical Instruments.
JL: I'm proud to be a John Packer dealer. We opened up John Packer this past year, carrying a wide line of their brass instruments: trumpets and slide trombones, and euphoniums.
I'm looking to grow that relationship with [John] Packer this year.
How do you find the service you get from the JP Musical Instruments team?
JL: One thing I'm very impressed with from John Packer is the service; the email team and the back-end support is really bar none. It's great to see from a company, especially coming from overseas, that we have such great dealer support, and support to their clients.
How do you hope to see the relationship with JP Musical Instruments continuing to evolve?
JL: I hope that the relationship evolves over the next few months, growing and stocking more [John] Packer instruments, as well as the newly acquired Rath instruments. We’re very excited to have those in New York and to get them in the hands of musicians there.