‘People are flocking to music.’ Instrument stores are trying to keep up By Colleen Schrappen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Published: December 20, 2020, 10:30am
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2 Photos Tom Goetten tests out a guitar by playing it before buying it at Music Folk in Webster Groves on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. Goetten has been playing guitar for about a year, but has played other instruments throughout his life. (Photo by Cheyenne Boone/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS) Photo Gallery
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. Abby McGuire started playing the ukulele at age 5. A couple years later, she sold 300 homemade bookmarks to earn the money for a 3/4 -size guitar. Now a fifth-grader, Abby spent the pandemic plugging away at virtual lessons, practicing on her own, even giving a front-yard recital.
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Duane Coe plays a few songs on a guitar that he is interested in purchasing at Music Folk in Webster Groves on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. Coe has been playing the guitar for over 48 years. I ve never laid a guitar down for more than two days, Coe said. I play for the love of it. Photo by Cheyenne Boone/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)
‘People are flocking to music.’ Instrument stores are trying to keep up
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. Abby McGuire started playing the ukulele at age 5. A couple years later, she sold 300 homemade bookmarks to earn the money for a 3/4 -size guitar. Now a fifth-grader, Abby spent the pandemic plugging away at virtual lessons, practicing on her own, even giving a front-yard recital.