A Brief History of Keynote Music Houses of
Papua New Guinea

Mr. Max Homann established Keynote Music Houses of Papua New Guinea in 1968. Mr. Homann came to Papua New Guinea in the very early 1950's as an air traffic controller and later worked as a training officer at the college, which was located at 6 Mile in Port Moresby. After many years of service in that field he recognized the need for a quality music store in Port Moresby. This was prompted by his previous experience as a piano tuner and technician in Australia where he underwent an apprenticeship with his father in repairing, tuning and re-building player pianos (pianolas). During those years, while working with his father who had previously been a bandmaster in the Australian Army and had worked in the Beale piano factory in Sydney Australia, they both travelled extensively throughout the New South Wales Riverina area repairing and tuning pianos. In 1949 Max Homann joined civil aviation in Australia and a year or so later arrived in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. In March 1968 Keynote Music opened it's doors in the original Brian Bell building in Turumu St. Boroko and is now located not too far from that site, which was destroyed by fire in early 1980.

For over 40 years Keynote Music has been committed to supplying, servicing and providing quality product lines with sole intention of providing its Papua New Guinea clientele with products that would last them for many years. Keynote Music has had a long association with its suppliers. The YAMAHA product line has been with Keynote Music since it's inception in 1968. Other quality products include ROLAND, PEAVEY, WHARFEDALE, JBL GIBSON, EPIPHONE, MARSHALL, LANEY, WASHBURN, AKG, DIGITECH, GREAT CENTURY, MACKIE, BEHRINGER, PROEL, DIGIDESIGN, AND ASHTON. These products have enjoyed a long relationship with Keynote Music and represent the quality that we insist on to ensure value for our customers.