company type private industry retailing founded terre haute 1871 headquarters indianapolis indiana number of locations 1 products string instrument woodwind instrument brass instrument percussion instrument marching instrument music accessories website paigesmusic.com w. h. paige and company is a music retailer based in indianapolis indiana . the company was founded in 1871 in terre haute indiana by william h. paige a vocal music teacher and w. b. warton a real estate agent . 1 the company sold a variety of musical instruments books and phonographs . william page died in 1901 2 and the company was operated by his sons warner and frederick . by 1977 the company was run by warner paige iii who opened a second location in indianapolis indiana . 1 the terre haute location was later closed as was a satellite store in kokomo indiana . 3 the company now focuses primarily on band and orchestra instruments for schools 4 and shares a storefront with j. w. pepper & son inc. 5 6 the company is listed in the top 200 music stores ranked by sales by the music trades . 7 references edit a b paige s music pdf . indiana historical society . retrieved 12 december 2013 . w. h. paige of terre haute . the indianapolis journal . 21 january 1901 . iwata edward 20 november 2006 . companies can grow in goliaths shadows ; by focusing on fundamentals and knowing the market small firms find success . usa today . bruce barringer ; edward d. hess ; charles f. goetz ; r. duane ireland 27 february 2012 . entrepreneurship lessons for success collection . ft press . pp. 654 . isbn 978 0 13 303894 1 . jw pepper indianapolis . j.w. pepper . retrieved 12 december 2013 . school dealers adapt & adjust to harsh new budget realities . music trades . may 2010 . the largest 200 music stores ranked by sales . the music trades . retrieved 12 december 2013 . external links edit paige s music warner paige namm oral history interview 2004 mark goff namm oral history interview 2011 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title paige % 27s music & oldid 743483197 categories companies based in indianapoliscompanies established in 1871music retailers of the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 21 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view