Anderson Music

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Anderson Music Company was founded by Ernest Anderson in the spring of 1938. When Ernest Anderson started repairing and selling band instruments he had no idea Anderson Music Company was destined to span four generations of Andersons, serving countless Southeastern Michigan Musicians. A professional musician himself, Ernest Anderson initially started repairing instruments and giving lessons in his home. “My mother wanted to take guitar lessons and saw his ad. That’s how they met,” explains Richard Anderson, president of Anderson Music. After the pair married, “my dad gave lessons downstairs and my mom taught piano upstairs. That’s how they started. My brother and I grew up in the business. At ten years old, I was helping repair instruments.” Before long, the business grew and Ernest Anderson began repairing instruments at nearby schools. He opened the Anderson Music flagship store on Telegraph in Dearborn in 1952, where it still exists today in an expanded version. Eventually, sons Larry and Richard joined the family business, and ran it after Ernest passed away suddenly in May 1970. Sadly, Larry Anderson passed away in 2013 at the age of 80.

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