News: Closure
November 05, 2025
G&L Musical Instruments Reportedly Shuts Down
G&L Musical Instruments, the guitar company founded by Leo Fender in 1979 based in Fullerton, California, appears to have gone silent after 45 years of…
July 18, 2025
John Hornby Skewes & Co. to Close its Business
After 60-plus years, U.K. distributor John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd., (JHS) has announced it will be closing. The JHS business comprises of a property…
July 18, 2025
Rupp’s Drums Announces Closure
Rupp’s Drums, a drum-only retailer in Denver, announced it will be closing its door. It’s last day in business is tentatively August 31. Started in 1984, by…
March 14, 2025
Cosmo Music to Close After 57 Years
Cosmo Music, based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, has announced it will be closing after 57 years. Dubbed Canada’s largest MI retail store, Cosmo Music citing it…
August 26, 2024
MakeMusic Sunsets Finale Notation Software
On Aug. 26, MakeMusic announced that it would be sunsetting its popular Finale software. “Today, Finale is no longer the future of the notation industry — a…
May 13, 2024
Watermelon Music Announces Closure
Watermelon Music in Davis, California, has announced it’s closing its doors after providing for its community musicians and educators for decades. The…
May 13, 2024
Sam Ash Files for Chapter 11
Sam Ash Music filed for Chapter 11 on May 8 in bankruptcy court in New Jersey. This move comes after the company announced on May 2 it would be closing all of…
May 02, 2024
Sam Ash Music to Close All Stores
Sam Ash Music has announced it will close all of its remaining stores, according to posts made on its social media pages on May 2. The news of it closing all…
