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January 5, 2015

Piano stores close as sales plunge

  • Stores dedicated to pianos are dwindling as fewer people take up the instrument or opt for an electronic keyboard or a used piano.
  • By DAVID PITT
    Associated Press

    BETTENDORF, Iowa — When Jim Foster opened his piano store 30 years ago, he had 10 competitors selling just pianos.

    When he closed Foster Family Music in late December, not one was still selling pianos in the Quad-Cities area of Iowa and Illinois.


     
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