Music giant Sam Ash closing stores, including White Plains location

Sam Ash Music Stores, which operates a White Plains store, said it plans to close all of its stores and has put items on sale.

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce that effective May 2nd, 2024, all Sam Ash Music Store locations will begin store closing sales,” the Ash family wrote on the business’s website and on social media on Thursday. “This unfortunate news also presents a fantastic opportunity for great deals across our premium selection of musical instruments & pro sound equipment. We will also be offering specials on samash.com during this time.

"Thank you for allowing us to serve musicians like you for 100 years.”

Sam Ash sells guitars, other musical instruments and a range of equipment, among other items, and its White Plains location is at 178 Mamaroneck Ave., along a corridor of restaurants and other businesses. Among other Sam Ash locations in the Tri-State area are ones in New York City, New Jersey, on Long Island, and in New Haven, Connecticut.

Professional and amateur musicians from across the Lower Hudson Valley have depended on the White Plains store for decades. Many customers were on a first-name basis with the staff, all of whom seemed to have colorful nicknames. Customers would hang in the store for long periods, try out new gear and swap musician stories

The business’s website posted that with the stores closing, “everything must be sold!” and “your dream gear at liquidation savings.”

When the company's last day of operation is, and when locations will shutter, was unknown at the time of this story.

Sam Ash’s first store opened in 1924 in New York City.

Michael McKinney covers growth and development in Westchester County and the Lower Hudson Valley for the Journal News/lohud.com and USA Today Network.

Editor Gary Stern contributed to this story.

This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Sam Ash to close all music stores, including White Plains location