Our Chairman

Amro Chairman Chip Averwater is in the 3rd generation of the Amro Averwaters—his grandfather, Mil, started Amro in 1921; his father, Bob, and his uncle, Ron, preceded him as president.  Chip's brother, Pat, is current president; Chip's son, CJ, (4th generation) is a manager, and CJ's son, Miles (5th generation) is a future Amro employee (hopefully) . 

Chip played clarinet, guitar, bass, and organ growing up, and plays piano now (poorly, but we don't tell him).  He began working at Amro Saturdays and summers at 14, polishing instruments and sweeping floors.  He has a Bachelor's in German and a Masters in Business Administration.  

Chip served as president of Play It Again Memphis, a charity that provides musical instruments to underprivileged band students, has spoken on music education and music retailing in the US, Germany, China, and Australia, and served as Chairman of NAMM, the International Music Products Association, .

Current Amro management   Chip Averwater (chairman), C.J. Averwater (manager), Pat Averwater (president)	Four generations of Amro (1984)   Chip Averwater, C.J. Averwater, Bob Averwater, Mil Averwater
CJ Averwater & Chip Averwater CJ performs around town and occasionally invites Chip to sit in.	Mike Huckabee & Chip Averwater Mike is an avid musician and excellent spokesman for music education
NAMM Executive Committee Joe Lamond, Larry Morton Chip Averwater, Tom Schmitt, Kevin Cranley	Chip Averwater & TN Congressman Jim Cooper Congressman Cooper is a banjo player and strong supporter of music education
TN Congressman Steve Cohen, Sec of Education Dick Riley, & Amro's Chip Averwater Congressman Cohen is a strong supporter of music education.	NAMM President Joe Lamond Amro's Chip Averwater Roland US President Dennis Houlihan Brainstorming on the steps of the Washington Monument
Dr. Willie Hill, Chairman Music Educators National Conference & Chip Averwater MENC & NAMM are allies for music ed.	Skunk Baxter, guitarist (Steely Dan & Doobie Brothers) & Chip Averwater Skunk is a spokesman for music ed.
Washington Panel on Music Education f l: Dionne Warwick, Mary Luehrson, Frank Alkyer, Susan Lipp, Chip Averwater, Dennis Houlihan	NAMM's Believe in Music Float 2008 Rose Parade f l: Chip Averwater, Olamide Faison, Rosita, Bob McGrath, Joe Lamond
Play It Again Memphis Board of Directors PIAM provides musical instruments to kids who can't afford them.	Amro's Chip Averwater & TN Senator Lamar Alexander Senator Alexander sponsored a Senate resolution recognizing the benefits of school music education.
Chip Averwater & Henry Z. Steinway Amro has been the MidSouth's Steinway dealer since 1963.	Rally in support of school funding. When county school budgets were threatened Amro helped organize political support. Funding passed narrowly.
Dennis Houlian, President of Roland US, Ikutaro Kakehashi, Roland founder, Chip Averwater, Amro Music. Besides inventing outstanding musical instruments, Mr. K. innovated MIDI.	Americans for Arts President Bob Lynch NAMM President Joe Lamond Amro Music's Chip Averwater NAMM & Americans for the Arts have created several national arts education campaigns together.
Washington Meeting TN Senator Alexander, Sec of Ed. Richard Riley, NAMM President Joe Lamond, Amro Music's Chip Averwater	Amro Music's Chip Averwater Speaking at the Global Summit of Music Making
Joe Lamond, NAMM president Chip Averwater, NAMM chairman Grand Opening 2008 NAMM Show	Amro's Chip Averwater Congressman Dale Kildee Senior member of the House Committee on Education & Workforce
Dana Messina, Steinway CEO Chip Averwater, Amro Chairman Yoshi Doi, Yamaha CEO Steinway & Yamaha are supporters of NAMM which Chip Averwater was chairman of.