Closure of PMT in Oxford described as 'terrible' and 'a shock'
"They were always so helpful and it's going to be sorely missed," he said.
Gary Good has run musical instrument shop The Music Box on Cowley Road for 27 years and said the news was "a bit of a shock"."You can't do everything online, you can't repair a guitar online - you need a shop to get it to to get it repaired," he said. "We're all struggling with it."Customer Rajeev Bhattacharyya said the value of music instrument shops was "the expertise, the knowledge and the advice you get"."It just feels nice walking into a shop like this, it's part of the Oxford experience," he said, adding that PMT's closure was "terrible"."It's not just about commerce, it's about lifestyle, it's about encouraging children and people to take up music," he said. "It's an invaluable loss."
Mr Cope said he would visit PMT with members of his former Oxford band The Candyskins."You would always bump into another member of an Oxford band there, it was a real hub," he said."It is really helpful having a place like that on the high street or on the Cowley Road to get some sort of ideas of equipment that's out there."Mr Cope said it was "fantastic" that The Music Box was still there and wished "best of luck" to PMT staff.
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