Hi, I’m David Wood and welcome to my blog Music Shops That Have Closed, a list of UK based musical instrument [MI] shops that have closed over the years. MI retail is undoubtably one of the toughest industries to survive in (and has been for many years) so this page is a little show of respect and nod to all those thousands of employees who worked in these music shops, before they closed.
If you’ve read my blog Why Music Shops Are Closing, you’ll know that ‘not all’ music shops that close, fail. Owners close for many other reasons than financial failure, and the most common other reasons seem to be: retirement, disillusionment, diversification, illness, family disputes, divorce, death, restructuring of locations, stakeholder disputes, change of circumstances, and one even closed after winning £148m on the Euromillions.
The list below has been compiled by myself, my dear MI industry friend and legend Alan Greensall, and some super fellow music industry colleagues who have great memories. In case you don’t know Alan, in the past he has been involved with Rose Morris, Roland; Sound Technology; Line 6, Red Sound, Novation Music, the MIA, Dark Matter Audio, Advanced Audio Distribution, Synergy Distribution, and Synergy Statistics.
Sincere apologies if we’ve missed any shops or locations off the list. It’s work in progress, so if you can help us fill in any blanks, please tell me the shop name and the town/s and I’ll add them. Also, if you see any mistakes in the list, please email me at dw@davidwood.biz and I’ll get them edited. Thanks in advance.
List of Music Shops That Have Closed
– 1st Floor Music [Halifax]
– A1 Music [Manchester, Stockport & Preston]
– AB Montana Guitars [Dumfries]
– ABC Music [Addlestone, Esher, Kew Gardens, Surbiton, Slough, Oxford, Bristol, Market Harborough]
– Abbey Music [Burton-on-Trent]
– Abbey Music [Nuneaton]
– Absolute Guitars [Bristol]
– Academy Chimes Music Shop [London]
– Academy of Sound [Birmingham, Derby, Glasgow, Hanley, Leeds, Leicester, Manchester, Mansfield, Norwich, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stoke]
– Accent Music [Camborne]
– Accordion Depot [Birmingham]
– Accordion Shop [Rochdale]
– Accordion World [Thornton Cleveleys]
– Ace Music [Bradford]
– Ace Music [Glasgow]
– Achille-Roma Music [Poole]
– AdLib Music [Greenock]
– AG Guitars [Hetton le Hole]
– Air Guitars [Gateshead, Newcastle]
– Aire Guitars [Bradford]
– Aire Valley Guitrs [Keighley]
– Aisco-Techniques [Birmingham]
– Alan Gregory Music [Manchester]
– Albert Fowlers Music [Ripley]
– Albert Hind Music [Halifax]
– Albert Shaw Musical Instruments [Lancaster]
– Alderson & Brenthall [Newcastle]
– All Family Fun [Tunbridge Wells]
– Allbang & Strummit [London]
– Allegro Music [Biggar]
– Alligator Music [Stockport]
– Allodi Accordions [London]
– Alpha Music [Leeds, Wakefield]
– Alberts Music Shop [Farnham, Guildford, Twickenham]
– Amen Corner Music [Bracknell]
– Anchor Music [Thornton Cleveleys]
– Andy Simpons [Stirling]
– Andy’s Guitars [London]
– Angel Music Shop [London]
– Antone’s Guitars [Hull]
– Apex Music [Reading]
– Apoco Music [Chorley, Lancaster]
– Aroundabout Sound [Cheltenham]
– Arundel Music Centre [Arundel]
– Aunty’s Music [Dewsbury]
– Aura Sounds [Barnsley, Birmingham, Purley]
– Axe Music [Axminster]
– Axe Music [Colchester]
– AW Cooke & Son [Norwich]
– Ayr Guitar [Ayr]
– Ayshire Violins [Ayr]
– B Page & Son Music [Doncaster]
– Back Alley Music [Chester]
– Bad Dog Music [Darlington, Hull]
– Band Box [Croydon]
– Band Box [Risca]
– Band Box Music [Doncaster]
– Bandland Music [Stockton-on-Tees]
– Bandwagon Music Shop [Perth]
– Banks Music [York]
– Barkers Music [Leeds]
– Barratts of Manchester [Manchester]
– Beats [Rochdale]
– Bees Music [Poulton-le-Fylde]
– Belfast Music Supplies [Belfast]
– Belle View Music [Gorton]
– BEM Music [Brixton]
– Bernard Dean’s [Scarborough]
– Berns Drums [Chichester]
– Berry’s Music Shop [Worksop]
– Beverley Music Centre [Beverley]
– Big Deal Music [Wolverhampton]
– Biggars Music [Glasgow]
– Biggles Music [Bristol]
– Bill Greenhalgh Music [Exeter]
– Bill Lewington Music [Shaftesbury Avenue London]
– Binns & Co [Sowerby Bridge]
– Binns Music [Sunderland]
– Birds Music Centre [Bexhill-on-Sea]
– Birmingham Band Instrument Co. [Birmingham]
– Blackpool Sound Centre [Blackpool]
– Blanks’ Music Stores [Kilburn]
– Bonecat Music [Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale]
– Boogie Music [Denmark Street London]
– Boosey & Hawkes [Charing Cross Road London]
– Bootleg Music [Epsom]
– Brian Cowshall Music [Salisbury]
– Brian Taylor Music [Swindon]
– Brighton Violin Shop [Brighton]
– Broadway Music [Eastwood]
– Browns Music [Hull]
– Bruce Millers [Aberdeen]
– Buttons Guitars [Weston Super Mare]
– Buzz Music [Hereford]
– C Bechstein Centre [Manchester]
– C Jeavons [Newcastle]
– C.R. Tomlinson [Lancaster]
– C.V. Berry Music Shop [Worksop]
– Cadno Music Shop [Llanelli]
– Cambridge Strings [Cambridge]
– Camera & Organ Centre [Blackpool]
– Cann The Music Man [Sheffield]
– Cardiff Guitars [Cardiff]
– Carlsbro Sound [Derby, Mansfield, Nottingham, Sheffield]
– Carleton Music [Poulton le Fylde]
– Carousel Music [Haywards Heath]
– Cassmusic [Eastbourne]
– Ceol Music [Stornoway]
– Chamberlain & Son [Wigan]
– Chamberlain’s Music [Wigan]
– Chandler Guitars [Kew]
– Charles Perritts [Grimsby]
– Charlton’s Music Shop [London]
– Chas. E. Foote [London]
– Chatfields Music [Stoke-on-Trent]
– Chingford Organ Studios [Chingford]
– Chris Bryant’s Music [London]
– Churchgate Music [Leicester]
– Classic Drums [Bournemouth]
– Cleartone Music [Birmingham]
– Cleveland Music [Middlesbrough]
– Cliff Owen Music [Ilford]
– Clinkscale Music Centre [Galashiels]
– Coda Music [Livingston]
– Coe & Auty [Wakefield]
– Colbeck’s Music [Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield]
– Compass Music [Ipswich]
– Cookes Pianos [Norwich]
– Conserve Guitars [Redditch]
– Counterpoint Music [Lincoln]
– Courtyard Music [Redditch]
– City Electronics (aka City Music) [Barnstaple, Exeter, Hayes, Newton Abbott, North Harrow, Plymouth, Truro, Uxbridge]
– City Music [Birmingham]
– CMS Music Shop [Ashby de la Zouch]
– County Music [Canterbury]
– County Music Centre [Sunderland]
– Coventry Music Centre [Coventry]
– Crane & Sons [Bangor, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackpool, Cardiff, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Earlestown, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newport, Nottingham, Preston, Sheffield, Wrexham]
– Cranes Music [Liverpool]
– Cranes Music [Cardiff, Swansea]
– Cranes Music [Worcester]
– Crease’s Music Stores [Walton Liverpool]
– Creighton & Tweedie [Penrith]
– Crocodile Rock [Lowestoft]
– Crymbles Music Shop [Belfast]
– Dads Guitars [Southport]
– Dale Pianos [Preston]
– Dave Mann Music [Nottingham]
– David Alldred’s Music [Glossop, Hyde]
– Davidson and Shaw Music [Workington]
– Dawson’s Music [Abbingdon, Altrincham, Basingstoke, Belfast, Burnley, Chester, Haydock, Huddersfield, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Reading, St Helens, Warrington]
– DCR Music [Attleborough]
– Deansgate Music [Manchester]
– Del’s Music [Basildon, Ilford]
– Dennis Todd Music [Bedlington]
– Derby Organ Centre [Derby]
– Derek Cadde Music [Orpington, Chislehurst]
– DG Music [Exmouth]
– Digital Village [Acton, Barnet, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, London, Southampton]
– Dirty Red Guitars [Norwich]
– Discassette Music [Penge]
– Dixies Music [Huddersfield]
– Dodds Music [Doncaster]
– Dolphin Music [Liverpool]
– Dransfield and Goldsmit Music [Hastings]
– Dr Rock [Bury, Rochdale]
– Drum Bank Music [Bristol]
– Drum City (Dallas Arbiter) [Shaftesbury Avenue London]
– Drum Stop [Mosborough]
– Drumazon Drum Shop [Cardiff]
– DrumWright [Reading]
– DS Music [Monmouth]
– Duck, Son & Pinker [Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Swansea, Swindon]
– Dudley Music [Dudley]
– Duke of Uke [London]
– Dulwich Music Shop [Dulwich]
– East Coast Music [Hornchurch]
– East Coast Music [Hunstanton, Kings Lynn]
– Eastbourne Music Exchange [Eastbourne]
– Eastbourne Organ Centre [Eastbourne]
– Eastcote Music [Eastcote]
– EBGB Musical Instruments [Durham]
– ED Brown Organs [Barrow in Furness, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Colne, Kendal, Morecambe, Nelson, Preston]
– Eddie Moors Music [Bournemouth]
– Edinburgh Organ Studios [Edinburgh]
– Electro Music [Doncaster]
– Electro-Voice Music [Nottingham, Rickmansworth, Ipswich]
– Elephant Music [Gravesend]
– Elmswell Organ Store [Bury Saint Edmunds]
– Elvic Electronics [Braintree]
– Ely Music Centre [Ely]
– EMIS Musical Instruments [Mangotsfield]
– EmJay Music [Herstmonceux]
– Emyr & Elwyn’s Music Centre [Colwyn Bay]
– Enjoymuzic [North Shields]
– Eric Lindsey [Catford, Reigate]
– Eric Reynolds [Burton-on-Trent]
– ESE Music [Maidstone]
– Evesham Organs [Evesham]
– Flying Pig [Hanwell]
– Folk Revolution [Glasgow]
– Footes Music [London]
– Foulds Music [Derby]
– Forth Music [Kirkcaldy]
– Forth IT Music [Stirling]
– Fox’s Music (Chas. J. Fox) [Alfreton, Barnsley, Burnley, Doncaster, Hull, Langley Moor, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Nottingham, Lincoln, Peterborough, Sheffield, Sunderland, Washington, Wigston Magna]
– FD&H (Francis, Day & Hunter) [Blackpool, London]
– Fender Soundhouse [Tottenham Court Road London]
– Frank Hutchins Music [Plaistow]
– Fred Rhodes Music [Delph, Manchester, Oldham]
– Frets Music [Liverpool]
– FretMark’s Music [Bedlington]
– Freedmans [Leytonstone]
– Freeman & Neal Music Shop [Rugby]
– Fretz Music Store [Hemel Hempstead]
– Frontline Music [Ayr]
– Fuller Music [Boston]
– Fulwood’s Music [Canterbury]
– Funkshaun Music [Northampton]
– Future Music [Brighton, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Southampton]
– G. Scarth [London]
– GAK [Brighton]
– Galaxy Music [Castleford]
– Gamlins Music [Cardiff]
– Gascoines Music [Hanley]
– GB Music Retail [Bognor Regis]
– GC Music [Burnham-On-Sea]
– Geoff Gough Music [Leamington]
– Geoff Normington’s [Morecambe]
– George Clay Music [Birmingham]
– George Gladstone Music [Darlington]
– George Harrison Music [Blaydon, Sunderland]
– Gigsounds [Streatham]
– Gillian Greig Music [Taunton]
– Goddard’s Pianos [Blackpool]
– Golumb’s [Glasgow]
– Gordon Simpson [Edinburgh]
– Graham Hawkins Organs [Stafford, Wolverhampton]
– Graham Walsh Music [Coalville]
– Graham Webb Music Shop [Leighton Buzzard]
– Greens Organs [Coventry]
– Groupeze Music Shop [Port Talbot]
– Groups Music World [Musical Instruments Concessions in Stores]
– Guitar and Amp Shack [Castle Douglas]
– Guitar Junction [Chichester]
– Guitar Player [Rochdale]
– Guitar Slinger [Berkhamsted]
– Guitar Zone [Halifax, Harrogate]
– Guitars for Stars [Blackpool]
– Guitarzan [Middlesborough]
– Gough & Davy [Grimsby, Scarborough, York]
– Green Lane Music [Birmingham]
– H. Chaplin Music Shop [Leicester]
– H. Wright Greaves [Altrincham, Manchester]
– Hamilton Music Store [Middlesbrough]
– Hammond Organ Studios [Richmond]
– Hammonds Music [Watford]
– Hands Music [Kingston upon Thames]
– Hardy Smith Music [Sutton]
– Harker & Howarth [Bolton, Morecambe, Lancaster, Wigan]
– Hard Rock Music [Milton Keynes]
– Hardy Smith Music [Sutton-in-Ashfield]
– Hardy’s Music [Stockport]
– Harmony Music [Boston]
– Harmony Music [Sheffield]
– Harrison’s [Sheffield]
– Harrison’s Music Shop [Sunderland]
– Harrods Music Department [London]
– Harrow Music Shop [London]
– Harry Minting Music [West Wickham]
– Hartnoll Guitar Centre [Plymouth, Taunton]
– Hayward Guitars [Winchester]
– Head, Hands & Feet [Hereford]
– Henrit’s Drum Store [Wardour St London]
– Henry Conway Music [Brownhills]
– Herga Music [Harrow]
– Hermitage Organs [Hitchin]
– Herringbone Guitar Centre [London]
– Hessle Guitar Cente [Hull]
– Hessy Music [Liverpool]
– Hey Jude’s [Newport]
– Heybrook Music [Leigh]
– Highams Harmony House [Manchester]
– Highway Music [Manchester]
– Hime and Addison [Manchester]
– HME Music [Tain]
– HMV [Bedford Branch Only]
– Hobbs Music [Lancaster]
– Hobdays Music [Birmingham]
– Hobgoblin Music [Wadebridge]
– Hodges & Johnson [Chatham, Chelmsford, Colchester, Leigh-on-Sea, Maidstone, Romford, Southend, Westcliff-on Sea]
– Hogan Music [Newbury]
– Holiday Music [Leytonstone]
– Hooters [St Albans, Watford, Windsor]
– Honky Tonk Music [Hadleigh]
– Hopkinsons Pianos [Leeds]
– Horsham Music [Horsham]
– Hudsons Music Centre [Chesterfield]
– Humbucker Music [Leicester]
– Howarth’s Music [Wigan]
– Hudsons Music [Chesterfield, Sheffield]
– HSK Music [Kirkcaldy]
– HW Audio [Preston]
– Images Music [Livingston]
– Imported Instruments [Aberdeen, Leith]
– Indigo Music [Milford Haven]
– Islington Music [London]
– J60 Music Bar [London]
– J&K Music Shop [Shipley]
– JA Cross Piano House [Manchester]
– Jack Brentnall Music [Nottingham]
– Jack White Music [Norwich, Ipswich]
– Jag Music [Weston Super Mare]
– Jake’s Guitars [High Spen]
– James Dace Music [Chelmsford]
– James Music [Penzance]
– James Pass Music [Birmingham]
– James Thin [Edinburgh]
– Jax Music Centres [Barnsley]
– Jay Dyer Music [Monmouth]
– Jay Music [Leatherhead]
– Jaybee Organs
– JayBells Music [Merthyr Tydfil]
– Jaywalk Guitars [Street]
– JD’s Music [Wolverhampton]
– Jerry Allen Organs [Dunstable]
– JG Windows [Darlington, Gateshead, Newcastle]
– Jigsaw Music [Horbury, Morley]
– Jim Marshall and Son [Nanwell]
– Jim Moore’s Music Shop [Hornchurch]
– Jim’s Drum Shop [Eastbourne]
– John Adamson Music [Clayton-le-Moors]
– John Beeby’s Music Emporium [Crouch End]
– John Boots Music [Southampton]
– John Hare [Newcastle]
– John Ham Music [Swansea]
– John Howl Organs [Wolverhampton]
– John Myatt Woodwind and Brass [Hitchin]
– John Rose Drums [Sale]
– John Savage Music Centre [Kings Lynn]
– John Scheerer & Son [Leeds]
– John Williams Music [Bangor]
– John’s Music Shop [Scunthorpe]
– Johnny Pats Music [Hull]
– Jones & Crossland [Birmingham]
– Jones Music Store [Macclesfield]
– Joshua Marshall’s [Barnsley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Mexborough, Scarborough, Wakefield]
– Jow Music [Pontefract]
– JP Cornell [Hull, Pontefract]
– JR Whiteley’s [Middlesbrough]
– JSG Music [Bingley]
– JT Forbes [Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow]
– JT Music [Fort William]
– K2 Music [Orkney]
– Kaleidoscope Music [Tooting]
– Kay Westworths Music [Birmingham]
– Kays Music [Stoke-on-Trent]
– Keith Baddeley & Son [Stoke-on-Trent]
– Keith Dawson Music [Huddersfield]
– Keighley Musicians Centre [Keighley]
– Ken Astin Music [Blackpool]
– Kelly’s [Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston]
– Ken Daly’s Music [Kendal]
– Ken Giles Music [Wakefield]
– Ken Stevens Music [Cambridge]
– Kenilworth Music Center [Kenilworth]
– Kenny’s Music [Dundee]
– Kerry’s Music [Plymouth]
– Kestrel Music [Ringwood]
– Key Player [Edinburgh]
– Keyboard Corner [Thirsk]
– Kimbers Keyboards & Musical Instruments [Fareham]
– Kings Music Store [Sunderland]
– Kitchens Music [Bradford, Huddersfield, Leeds, Newcastle]
– Klef Music [Norwich]
– Kingfisher Music [Fleet]
– Lakeland Music [Penrith]
– Langdons Electric Music [Bournemouth]
– Latimer Pianos [Horsham]
– Leisure Music [Nuneaton]
– Len Stiles Music [Lewisham]
– Les Aldrich Music [Muswell Hill]
– Lewisham Organ Centre [Lewisham]
– Life Guitars [Exeter]
– Live On Stage [Wakefield]
– Live Wyres Music [Cleveleys]
– Lloyd & Keyworth Music [Farnham]
– London PA Centre [Denmark Street London]
– London Resonator Centre [London]
– London Rock Shop [Bristol, Camden]
– Macari’s Musical Instruments [Charing Cross Road Branch]
– Macclesfield Organ Centre [Macclesfield]
– Machinehead Music [Hitchin]
– Mackay Music [Ayr]
– Mackay’s Sound and Music [Newcastle]
– Mad Monks Music [Kendal]
– Madins Music Shop [Chesterfield]
– Maestro Music [Halifax]
– Maestros Music [Gunnislake]
– Make Music [Canterbury, Cockfosters, Deal, Hayes, Stone (Bluewater),Ware]
– Malcolm Tysoe Musical Instruments [Farnborough]
– Mamelok’s [Manchester]
– Mansons Guitar Shop [Exeter]
– Marcus Music [Belfast]
– Mark 1 Music [Deal]
– Marshalls [Bradford, Huddersfield]
– May Copland [Blackpool]
– Mayer Harrison [Manchester]
– MB Disco Supplies [Stirling]
– McCormacks Music [Glasgow]
– McEwens Music [Ayr]
– McLeod’s Music Shop [Lurgan]
– McMeekin’s Music [Coleraine]
– McGrains Music [Leeds]
– Mel-Tone [Melton]
– Melbourne Pianos [Southwark]
– Mellors Sound [Boston]
– Memphis Music Shop [Colwyn Bay]
– Mersey Music Centre [Birkenhead]
– Micro Music [Liverpool]
– Middlesbrough Music [Middlesbrough]
– Midland Music Services [Stourbridge]
– Midland Organ Studios [Walsall]
– Midland Piano & Organ Studios [Birmingham]
– Mike Bowley Music [Worcester]
– Mike Edwardes Woodwind [London]
– Mikes Music [Crewkerne]
– Millennium Music [Cheltenham]
– Millennium Music [Nottingham]
– Milners Music [Sheffield]
– Milton Keynes Music [Leighton Buzzard]
– Minns Music [Bournemouth, Weymouth]
– Modern Music [Abingdon, Basingstoke]
– Modern Sound (Dallas Arbiter) [Charing Cross Road London]
– Monkey Business [Romford]
– Monmouth Music Box [Monmouth]
– Moon Music [Sheffield]
– Moore & Stanworth Musical Instruments [Leicester]
– Morgan’s Organs & Keyboards [Horsham]
– Morlings Music Shop [Lowestoft]
– Mr Music [Bedford, Bletchley, Hemel Hempstead]
– Mrs A Bird’s [Stockport]
– Muir Music [Manchester]
– Murdochs Piano House [Ashford, Bedford, Birmingham, Braintree, Brighton, Cambridge, Chatham, Dover, Folkestone, Herne Bay, Higham Ferrers, Ipswich, Kings Lynn, London, Lytham St. Annes, Maidstone, Newmarket, Newport, Northampton, Portsmouth, Preston, Sherness, Southampton, Southsea, Tunbridge Wells, Wolverhampton, Workington]
– Music & Leisure [Falkirk]
– Music and Stuff [Jedburgh]
– Music 47 [Worcester]
– Music 90 [Wigan]
– Music Cabin [Lincoln]
– Music Centre [Shaftesbury Avenue London]
– Music City [Falkirk]
– Music Corner [Ashton-under-Lyne]
– Music Corner [Falkirk]
– Music Connections [Birmingham, Bristol, Chelmsford, Putney, Southampton]
– Music Exchange [London]
– Music Exchange [Manchester, Stockport]
– Music Gallery [Berwick]
– Music Ground [Doncaster, Leeds, London, Manchester]
– Music Junkie [Leicester]
– Musicland [Litherland]
– Music Makers [Colwyn Bay]
– Music Makers [Tamworth]
– Music Mart [Ashford]
– Music Matter [Preson – CVL announced]
– Music Matters [Maidstone]
– Music Notes [Liverpool]
– Music Plus [Ashbourne, Beeston]
– Music Plus [Hereford]
– Music Scene [Mansfield]
– Music Shop Westcliff [Westcliff]
– Music Station [Inverness]
– Music Unlimited [Exeter]
– Music Warehouse [Colchester]
– Music Warehouse [Falkirk]
– Music Workshop [Hull]
– Music World [Wrexham]
– Musical Exchanges [Birmingham]
– Musical Instrument Exchange [Lancaster]
– Musical Instrument Repairs & Sales [Halesowen]
– Musical Sounds [Sheffield]
– Musical World [Coventry]
– Musically Yours [Cannock]
– Musicroom [Dundee, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds, Lincoln, London, Nottingham, Plymouth, Salisbury, Stratford, York]
– Musicians Paradise [Leominster]
– Musique Boutique [Shaftesbury Avenue London]
– Muso Music [Ayr]
– Nevada Music [Portsmouth]
– Newcastle Music [Newcastle]
– Newhouse Music Shop [Middlesbrough]
– Nicholl Bros [Ballymena]
– Nicholson’s Music Centre [Harrogate]
– Nield and Hardy [Stockport]
– Northcote Music Shop [London]
– Northern Acoustics [Leeds]
– Northern Drum Centre [Bradford]
– Northern Sounds [Barrow-in-Furness, Workington]
– Northwinds Music [Windermere]
– Note-Ability Music [Southampton]
– Note-Orious Music [Taunton]
– Nottingham Drum and Guitar Centre [Nottingham]
– Nova Guitar Centre [Guildford]
– Nuneaton Music [Nuneaton]
– Oban Music [Oban]
– Octave Above [Huddersfield]
– Octave Music [Dunstable]
– Omega Music [Brampton]
– One Stop Music [Tamworth]
– One Way Music [Wolverhampton]
– Organ Grinder [owner Guy Rose]
– Organ Loft [Bury, Huddersfield, Leeds, Ripon, Scarborough, Sheffield]
– Organ Lounge [Sheffield]
– Organ World [Warwick]
– Orange Shop [London]
– Opus 13 [Bristol]
– Oswestry Music Makers [Oswestry]
– Oxford Guitar Gallery [Oxford]
– Pan Musical Instruments [Wardour Street London]
– Park Music [Dunfermline]
– Pass’s Pianos Music [Barrow-in-Furness]
– Paterson’s Music [Ayr]
– Patrick Reed Music Shop [Kettering]
– Paul’s Music Shop [Scunthorpe]
– Payne’s Music [Coventry]
– PD Music [Plymouth]
– Peebles Music Centre [Peebles]
– Pennies from Heaven Music Shop [Somercotes]
– Pep’s Music [York]
– Percy Prior’s [High Wycombe, Salisbury]
– Perfektone []
– Pet Sounds Music [Kelso]
– Pete Langton’s Music [Wolverhampton]
– Pete Seaton’s [Edinburgh]
– Peter Brocklehurst Organs [Mirfield]
– Peter Cook’s Guitar World [Hanwell]
– Peter Darwin Music [St Helens]
– Peter Gray Music [Northampton]
– Peter Harrison Music [Sheffield]
– Peterborough Music [Peterborough]
– Pickering & Sons [Blackburn]
– Picker’s Friend [King’s Lynn]
– Picton Music [Swansea]
– Pied Piper Music [Halesowen]
– PMT: Play Music Today [Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Northampton, Norwich Nottingham, Oxford, Portsmouth, Romford, Southend]
– Poole Percussion [Branksome]
– Pooles Music Centre [Grimsby, Poole]
– Portsmouth Violin Centre [Portsmouth]
– Potters Bar Music [Potters Bar]
– Potters Music [Croydon]
– Prince Organ Centre [Oldham]
– Probyns Music [Andover, Winchester]
– Production Rooms [Leeds]
– Professional Music Center – Promuco [Doncaster]
– Project Music [Hounslow]
– ProPerc, Professional Percussion [Kentish Town]
– Providence Music [Bristol]
– Purple Haze [Leeds]
– Purple Turtle Music [Stockport]
– R&B Music [Aberdeen]
– R Barker & Co. [Leeds]
– R.H.O. Hills [Blackpool]
– R Simmons Music [Lancaster]
– RA Music [Falkirk]
– Rae Macintosh Music [Edinburgh]
– Ray Man Musical Instruments [London]
– Raymond Lister Organs []
– Raymond Wallbank Music [Lytham St Annes]
– Read Franklin & Haywood [Bury]
– Reakes Music [Birmingham]
– Red Cow Music [York]
– Red Dog Music [Edinburgh, Leeds, London]
– Reno’s Music [Manchester]
– Rentons Music Shop [Leamington]
– Reverb Retail Ltd [Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leicester, Sheffield, Stockton]
– Revolution Music [Falkirk]
– Reynolds Music [Manchester]
– Reynolds Music [Armagh]
– REW Music & PA [Charing Cross Rd London, Colliers]
– RGM Music [Kilmarnock]
– Rhodes Music [London]
– Rhythm House [Stockport]
– Richard Reason Pianos [Closing in Hitchin in August 2025]
– Rimmers Music [Blackburn, Blackpool]
– Ringway Music [Birmingham]
– Ritz Music Shop [Putney]
– Riverside Organ Studios []
– RJ Guitars [New Quay]
– Robert Hamilton Music [Whitburn]
– Rockbox Group Gear [Middlesbrough]
– Rock & Pop Music Shop [Taunton, Weston Super Mare, Yeovil]
– Rock City [Newcastle]
– Rock Hard Music [Milton Keynes]
– Rock Island [Oldham]
– Rock Shop [Dudley]
– Rocksteady Music [Middlesbrough]
– Rock Stop Music [Charing Cross Road London]
– Rod Argents Keyboards [London]
– Rodens Music [Wolverhampton]
– Roka’s [London]
– Roland Friday Keyboards [Bromley]
– Ron Brown Organs [Tadcaster]
– Ron Woodall Organs [Worksop]
– Ron’s Music [Darlington]
– Ron’s Music [Ilford]
– Ronnie’s Music [Haddington]
– Rose-Morris [Shaftesbury Avenue Branch (still open on Denmark Street)]
– Rose Music [Lincoln]
– Route 66 Music [Stoke-on-Trent]
– Rowlands Music [Swansea]
– RST Music [Newark-on-Trent]
– Rushworth’s Music House, Rushworth & Draper [Altrincham, Bangor, Chester, Isle of Man, Liverpool, Manchester, Mould, Southport]
– Russel Acott Music [Oxford]
– Russell’s Music [Hinckley]
– RWJ Drums [Perth]
– Saturn Music [Wakefield]
– Seandee Music [Kidderminster]
– Selmer Musical Instruments [London]
– Session Music [Belfast]
– Shaftesbury Music [Islington]
– Sharon Music [Bromley, Maidstone]
– Sheehan’s Music [Leicester]
– Sheerers Music [Leeds]
– Sho-Bud Music [Denmark St London]
– Shorrock and Shorrock [Rochdale]
– Side Street Music [Edinburgh]
– Silverwinds [Hayle]
– Simpsons Music [Edinburgh]
– Sir Herbert Marshall & Sons [Manchester]
– Skye Music Shop [Skye]
– Smedleys Music Shop [Doncaster]
– Soho Sound House [Tottenham Court Road London]
– Song & Groove Music [Stafford]
– Sound Attack [Colchester]
– Sound Centre [Cardiff]
– Sound Centre [Coventry]
– Sound City (Dallas Arbiter) [Shaftesbury Avenue London]
– Sound Control [Birmingham, Derby, Glasgow, Hull, Kirkcaldy, Leeds, Leicester, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Preston, Southampton, Stoke]
– Sound of Music [Kendal]
– Soundgear Music [Great Yarmouth]
– Soundhouse [Cheltenham]
– Soundland [Manchester]
– Sounds [Shaftesbury Avenue London]
– Sounds Acoustic [Manchester]
– Sounds Good Music Shop [Larne]
– Sounds Great [Cheadle]
– Sounds Live [Newcastle]
– Sounds Instrumental [Mussleburgh]
– Sounds International [Bath]
– Soundsavers [Ripon]
– Soundwave Music Shop [Romford]
– Southern Organs []
– Southport Music [Southport]
– Spalding Music Services [Spalding]
– Spanish Guitar Centre [Bristol]
– Spanish Guitar Centre [London]
– Spectre Sound [Bingley]
– Spectrum Sound [Bury]
– Speed Music [Newport, Swansea]
– Spence’s Music [Hawick]
– Supatone Music [Norwich]
– Superbuy Music [Wakefield]
– Supermouse Music [Leicester]
– Supreme Drums [London]
– Sutekina Digital [London]
– St Andrew’s Music Shop [St Andrews]
– St George’s Music Shop [Norwich]
– Stan Milston Music [Lancaster]
– Stanton’s Music [Dudley]
– Stephen’s Music [Leeds]
– Stock & Chapman [Manchester]
– Stocker Jennings [Hitchin, St. Albans]
– Stratford Music Shop [Stratford]
– Street Life Music [Rotherham]
– Strings ‘n’ Things [Bridgwater]
– Strung Out Guitars [Glasgow]
– Suffolk Music Centre [Heverhill]
– Sussex Soundhouse [Horsham]
– Swanns Music [Manchester]
– Swift Music [Bristol]
– Swn Llawen [Bangor]
– Syco Systems [London]
– Sydney Scarborough [Hull]
– Take Five Music [Shaftesbury Avenue London]
– Talking Music [Crosby]
– Tamworth Organ Centre [Tamworth]
– Tandy’s Music Shack [Tardebigge]
– TC Ellis Guitars [Dinas Powis]
– Ted Bentley’s Organs [Bury]
– Terrys Music Store [Pontypridd]
– Thatched Cottage Audio [Royston]
– The Acoustic Music Co [Brighton]
– The Barry Music Shop [Barry]
– The Bass Centre [Birmingham, London]
– The Bass Place [Romford]
– The Full Octave [Dalton-in-Furness]
– The Guitar Cavern [Worcester]
– The Guitar Shop [Cloth Market Newcastle]
– The Keyboard Shop [Shepherds Bush]
– The Leading Note [Swansea]
– The London Synthesizer Centre [Charlton St London]
– The M Corporation [Ringwood]
– The Music Box [Douglas and Ramsey on the Isle of Man]
– The Music Box [Penzance]
– The Music Centre [Huddersfield]
– The Music Centre [Pembroke Dock]
– The Music Hut [North Walsham]
– The Monkey House [Manchester]
– The Music House [Stratford]
– The Music Hut [North Walsham]
– The Music Room [Ulverston]
– The Music Shop [Aberdeen]
– The Music Shop [Ashford]
– The Organist [Poole]
– The Pig [Ealing]
– The Purple Ukulele [Tiverton]
– The Smallwood Piano Company [Birmingham]
– The Synthesizer Company (TSC) [London]
– The Tone Station [Plymouth]
– The Uke Store [Batley]
– The Wee Guitar Company [Glasgow]
– The West Park Studio [Hull, Ripon, Thirsk]
– Thelma’s Music [Lytham St Annes]
– Thompson’s Music [Glasgow]
– Tim Gentle Music [Kendal, Stockton-on-Tees, Southend]
– Tony Savile [Manchester]
– Tone World [Manchester]
– Top Brass Music [New Malden]
– Top Gear [Denmark Street London]
– Top Note Music [Aberdeen]
– Top Wind [London]
– Tottles Music [Helston, Launceston, Plymouth]
– Tower Music [Blackpool]
– Tractor Sound [Rochdale]
– Treasure Music [Bedford]
– Treble Clef Music Shop [Brighouse]
– Trev’s Music [Ilfracombe]
– Trevada Music [Camborne, Cross Hands]
– Trevor Keys Music [Ballymena, Coleraine]
– Tughan-Crane Music [Belfast]
– Twangs [Rochdale]
– Turnkey [Tottenham Court Road London]
– TWGC [Glasgow]
– Tyldesley’s Music [Warrington]
– Universal Keyboards [Watford]
– University Keyboards [Cambs]
– Urmston Keyboard Centre [Urmston]
– Vibes Music [Plymouth]
– Village Guitars [Canterbury]
– Vince Chalmers Music [Dundee]
– Vine Electronics [Evesham]
– Vintage ‘n’ Rare Guitars [Bath]
– Volume One Music [Harrow]
– Voxtrot Music [Watford]
– VS Music Supplies [Ramsbottom]
– W Clement Millard [Newcastle]
– Wagstaff’s [Manchester]
– WH Austin’s [Worcester]
– Wakefield Music Centre [Wakefield]
– Walden Music [Saffron Walden]
– Water Music [Steyning]
– Waveband Organs []
– Wavelength Music [Sheffield]
– Wells Music Store [Romford]
– Wembley Music Centre [Wembley]
– Wessex Music [Sherbourne]
– Western Music [Brixton, Croydon, Hammersmith, Upper Norwood, Wimbledon]
– Western Organs [Hereford]
– Westside MI [London]
– Westside Music Centre [Taunton, Weston Super Mare, Yeovil]
– Wheelers [Kings Lynn]
– Whitwams Music [Winchester]
– Whitegate Music [Blackpool]
– Whitfield’s [Heckmondwike, Huddersfield]
– Wildfire Music [Nelson]
– Wiggs Music [South Shields]
– Wilkies Music [Perth]
– Wilks Music [Swansea]
– William Forrest Music [Glasgow]
– Williams Music [Brighton, Darlington, Exeter, Gateshead, Harrogate, Hull, Leeds, Lincoln, London, Nottingham, Poole, Sheffield, Sunderland, Stratford, Thornaby, Whickham]
– Wilmore & Co [Belfast]
– Wilson Peck Music [Sheffield]
– Windband [Shrewsbury]
– Windsor Organ Studios [Windsor]
– Wing Music Shop [Bromley]
– Wishaw Music [Wishaw]
– Wishers Music [Derby]
– Wolverhampton Organ Studios [Wolverhampton]
– Woodroffes Music [Birmingham]
– Woods Music [Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Wakefield]
– Woods Pianos & Organs [Bolton, Burnley, Preston]
– Woodwind Exchange [Bradford]
– Woodwind Plus [Nottingham]
– Woolworths [Nationwide]
– World of Pianos [London]
– Words & Music [Alnwick]
– Wrigley Sisters Music [Orkney]
– X Electrical [Hammersmith]
– X Music [Bristol]
– Yardley’s Music [Birmingham]
– Ystwyth Music [Aberystwyth]
– Zings Music [Bridgwater]