'End of an Era Moment': Music Retailer Sam Ash to Shut Down After 100 Years in Business

It's nan extremity of a century-long era for nan iconic euphony retailer Sam Ash, which announced connected Monday that it's shutting its doors for good.

"It is pinch a dense bosom that we denote that effective May 2, 2024, each Sam Ash Music Store locations will statesman shop closing sales," nan institution penned connected its website. "This unfortunate news besides presents a awesome opportunity for awesome deals crossed our premium action of philharmonic instruments & pro sound equipment. We will besides beryllium offering specials connected samash.com during this time. Thank you for allowing america to service musicians for illustration you for 100 years."

The institution presently has 42 locations crossed nan state successful New York, Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut, Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina, California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Nevada.

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Sam Ash was primitively founded successful 1924 by Sam and Rose Ashkynase, Austrian immigrants pinch a emotion of music. According to nan company's website, Sam and Rose pawned her engagement ringing for $400 and took nan rate to unfastened nan first-ever Sam Ash shop successful Brooklyn successful 1924.

Derek Ash, nan great-grandson of Sam and Rose, Derek Ash, told nan New York Times that it's been reliable to compete pinch online shopping and that it was a "necessity" to unopen down nan brick-and-mortar stores.

"A batch of this has been nan move to online shopping," he told nan outlet. "There are truthful galore choices, and to support a shop pinch that overmuch action is very difficult."

Social media users posted astir nan retailer's demise.

all sam ash stores are closing i'm going to cry

— ava ? (@suhyuunn) May 2, 2024

Sam Ash is closing and I consciousness for illustration a friend is dying.

— A.Mood (@Just_IN_A_Mood) May 6, 2024

I'm truthful bummed astir Sam Ash closing man. So galore memories and instruments bought there

— ? (@powers1av3) May 2, 2024

RIP nan awesome @samashmusic If you're a musician, you person been successful a Sam Ash shop and truthfully, nan acquisition of having different musician (cause that's who worked successful these stores) show you cogwheel IN PERSON tin not beryllium replaced.

— Leesa "Lorq Von Bae" Dean (@chilltowntv) May 4, 2024

Sam Ash closing each of its locations. That's an extremity of an era infinitesimal for sure. ?

— Thinker St. James (@thinkerstjames) May 6, 2024

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All Sam Ash locations will shutter by July, while immoderate will adjacent arsenic early arsenic nan extremity of May.

The retailer earned nan title "The World's Favorite Music Store" for its motto "Come In and Play," which encourages musicians to usage and trial retired nan instrumentality wrong immoderate of nan company's stores.