Tarpley Music Company was founded in 1927 in Pampa, Texas by Clara

Tarpley. Tarpley Music Company (TMC) currently has four stores in operation and are
located in Amarillo, Lubbock, San Angelo and Clovis, New Mexico. TMC carries
guitars and amplifiers, piano and keyboards, and instruments for band and
orchestra in store for purchase and to rent-to-own. TMC sells instruments and
accessories online via EBay and offers instrumental rent-to-own online on their
website. TMC stores offer instructors for lessons in stores and has a system look up
for instructors for around the area of their stores.
Tarpley Music Company is in the process of creating a web site for their video
installation division called Tarpley Media Systems (TMS) located in Lubbock. TMS is
a consulting and installation company what specializes in acoustics, lighting and
integration for audio and video systems for courtrooms, religious facilities,
corporate facilities, and sporting complexes and fields.
Tarpley Music also has a partnership with Music 1 st in Southlake and Frisco,
Texas that supplies Tarpley Music with inventory. Tarpley Music ranks in the top 200
music stores in the nation out of an estimated eight thousand music stores ranked
by Music Trades Magazine.