A Personal Message from
Gordy Reece, General Manager (Sheet Music Service)
To our Sheet Music
Service Customers:
After 93 years, Sheet Music Service will be closing
its doors on May 14th, 2010. Our website will still be
functioning and your Pender’s Music Purchase Orders and RFC accounts will NOT be
affected, as Pender’s Music is ONLY closing its Portland office.
I want
to thank everyone who has supported us though the years. I love this store, and
the idea of its absence from Portland is deeply saddening. The hardest part for
me will be the inability to interact with all of you on a regular basis. We have
an amazing customer base and the friendships we’ve made will be cherished
forever. As Lajos Balogh said to me after my last concert with MYS, "It’s not
goodbye, its auf wiedersehen. We will see each other again.""
It has
been my pleasure to work with all of you and I wish you the best.
Sincerely,
Gordy Reece
General Manager
Sheet Music
Service
COMPANY HISTORY
Sheet Music Service was founded in 1917, and for more than 93 years it was a
print music retail fixture in Portland, Oregon. The business was named and
renamed several times over the years. In 1917, its founding year, it was known
as Maud McCawley's Sheet Music Service of Portland. Names that followed included
Burke-Hoyt Sheet Music Service of Portland and Byron-Hoyt Sheet Music Service of
Portland. In 1967, it became Barker-Lins Sheet Music Service of Portland. And
finally, in 1986, when Michael Sagun and David Wood bought the business, the
name was shortened to Sheet Music Service.
In November 2005, Sheet Music
Service joined the Pender’s Music family of stores, with Michael Sagun staying
on with the new ownership as Choral/Vocal Manager. ONLY Sheet Music Service’s
brick-and-mortar store will be closed as of May 14, 2010. Customers can continue
to order online, anytime, 24 hours a day at www.sheetmusicservice.com or www.penders.com
Call Us to Order Today: 1-800-772-5918
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