{"id":24759,"date":"2021-05-24T16:03:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T23:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000020398"},"modified":"2021-05-26T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T18:34:11","slug":"gilmore-music-to-close-permanently-at-the-end-of-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/gilmore-music-to-close-permanently-at-the-end-of-may","title":{"rendered":"Gilmore Music to close permanently at the end of May"},"content":{"rendered":"

After 75 years on the corner of Seventh Street and Cherry Avenue, Gilmore Music is closing its doors for good.<\/p>\n

Since the death of the shop\u2019s owner, Clint Gilmore, who died of cancer at 70 last year, Clint\u2019s wife, Linda Gilmore, had stepped up to run the store. But owning a music shop was never what the former special needs educator envisioned for her life and for months she was actively looking for a buyer to take over, preferably someone who would want to continue Clint’s and Gilmore’s legacy as the city’s last independent, non-specialized music store and repair shop.<\/p>\n

Despite her own attempts and efforts on behalf of the community<\/a> to try and save the store, finding a new successor proved unsuccessful. The 5,000 square-foot storefront is in the liquidation process and will close down permanently May 31.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter and I really are sad that I have to close down the last music store in Long Beach. There is such a need for the arts,\u201d Linda said. \u201cBut on the other hand, this has been a difficult six months and I am looking for the light at the end of the tunnel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roughly 300 instruments and hundreds of accessories are still currently for sale at Gilmore Music, at half price.<\/p>\n

The bulk of the remaining stringed instruments are violins and cellos, with the violins running anywhere between $20 to $200, said Eddie Montana, a music broker, appraiser and former luthier at Gilmore Music who Linda hired to help coordinate the liquidation process.<\/p>\n

Cellos, most of them three-quarter to half-size are going for a few hundred dollars apiece. Brass and woodwind instruments, such as French horns, trumpets, piccolos and clarinets are still in stock, including a selection of flutes, both nickel plated and solid silver. The nickel-plated flutes are priced at $50 to $60, the silver flutes at $400.<\/p>\n

Though the aforementioned prices already have the 50% discount factored in, Montana said they\u2019d be open to haggling, such is the nature of liquidation, after all.<\/p>\n

But instruments aren\u2019t the only items for sale at the shop, many old antiques, knickknacks and collectibles Clint had accumulated over the years still line the shelves.<\/p>\n

The most ornate, and expensive, is an antique 12-foot Baroque-styled showcase with gold inlay and glass doors. Big enough to comfortably showcase a couple of guitars, or a gun collection, whatever your preference, Montana said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s old check machines, cash registers and Christmas decorations,\u201d Montana said. \u201cI know some people coming in just wanting a piece of Gilmore, actually crying in the middle of the store because they were so sad to see it leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The interior or Gilmore Music in the mid 1950s. Clint, a young boy at the time, sits behind his father Glenn, who is addressing the crowd of musicians. Image courtesy Linda Gilmore.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Montana noted that the store, its name, and phone number are still up for sale in the event a last-minute buyer would like to swoop in.<\/p>\n

“I hope that someone who’s a musician or who’s an investor could see the benefit of it. Especially someone, maybe from Hollywood who would like a beautiful 5,000 square-foot place to operate, remodel, renovate. It’s got a beautiful recording studio in it,” he said.<\/p>\n

Gilmore Music will be open every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. until May 31.<\/p>\n

Gilmore Music is at 1935 E. Seventh St.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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