Elderly Instruments, based in Lansing's
Old Town neighborhood, has supplied influential musicians like Lyle Lovett, John Mayer and John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers with their dream instruments.
According to excerpts from the article:
The locally owned instrument sales and repair shop, which celebrates its 39th anniversary this year, has grown into one of the world's biggest dealers of vintage instruments. Elderly has also become a meeting place for local musicians to jam out on instruments, meet like-minded music-lovers and find just about everything they need to gig out.
Step into the showroom on North Washington, and it's easy to see why Elderly is a favorite stop: Guitars of every make hang from the walls. That's not to mention mandolins, banjos, ukuleles and a collection of other music makers.
Read the entire article
here.
You can also read Capital Gains' earlier story about Elderly's online retail success
here.
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