We mourn the passing of another longtime local biz: the Musician’s General Store on Court Street. It’s been there for ages and we rented TS’s clarinet back when he was taking clarinet lessons. We’ve also bought guitar strings, picks and music books. We believe in local music stores. I grew up with one called Levitt and Ellrod (first on 96th Street and then on 83rd Street in Manhattan). It was a wacky place but that’s where I got my first guitar ( a USA for $29.00). A Brooklyn Life reports:

"Based on a note in the window, it seems that the owner’s decision to
not renew their lease was more personal than financial (i.e., they did
not say they are being crowded out of the neighborhood by high rents).
And the store will be continuing music lessons at the Micro Museum on
Smith Street." – Brookly Life

Interestingly, last week I walked in front of the store and the owner or an employee was standing in front of the store having a screaming/cursing phone conversation with someone very loudly. There may be no connection but I did make note of it and thought to myself: hmmmm, something’s up.

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