Walt Ostermeyer
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Oral History Information
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Founder
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Flavor Reeds
Walt Ostermeyer had a solution to the complaint of millions of school age music students who came into his music retail store, the wood reed tastes yucky. Walt designed a series of reeds with a variety of flavors such as cherry and watermelon. The idea caught on and he soon established the Flavor Reed Company in addition to his music retail store, which is where he heard the original complaints.