Lawson Music Company

  For Games People Play,  Serving Florida Since 1934!

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About Us

Lawson Music Company started as a small company providing slot machines and jukeboxes to retail establishments, such as taverns, drug stores, grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants, and truck stops.  The company was started by Manley Lawson Sr., an insurance agent in Winter Haven, Florida.  Upon his death from illness in 1944, the company was taken over by his nephew, Wesley Lawson.

The company grew steadily through the 1950’s and 1960’s, briefly branching out to providing background music services to retail establishments.  In 1972, the office and shop was moved from Ave. I and 1st Street in Winter Haven, due to the widening of 1st Street, to the current location on 42nd Street.

In 1977, Manley Lawson, the son of Margaret and Wesley Lawson, joined the Company after eleven years with International Business Machines in the Data Processing Division serving as Marketing Representative in Tampa, FL, a Director of Plans and Requirements in White Plains, NY, and Store Systems Support Director in Raleigh, NC.  Upon the retirement of Wesley Lawson in 1985, Manley Lawson became President and General Manager of the Company.

We at Lawson Music Company, take great pride in providing Dart, Pool and Video Game promotions to help increase our customers revenue.  This is currently our 16th year running Dart Leagues that are sanctioned by the (NDA), National
Dart Association.  All our Dart Leagues are played on automated league dart games that automatically capture scores and stats of players and teams, allowing the players just to have fun and shoot darts while the darts games keep accurate stats. 

Lawson Music Company was the first in the area to provide Compact Disk Jukeboxes in 1988, and the first to install Digital Jukeboxes in 2000.  All Lawson Music Company Service personnel are Touchtunes factory trained and our company has at least 3 more years experience in installing and maintaining Digital Jukeboxes than any other company in the area.