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Vinton Business of the Week—D.R. Music is Back

November 22, 2022
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By Debbie Adams

Donnie and Rhonda Wray (the “D” and “R”) of D.R. Music have been in business in Vinton for about 36 years. Most of that time was spent in the historic building at the corner of South Pollard Street and East Lee Avenue. That building (constructed in 1915) was heartbreakingly destroyed in the catastrophic fire in downtown Vinton on July 2, with D. R. Music displaced.

Turns out that was only temporary. The Wrays have now reopened their business just a block down the street, at 128 North Pollard. Donnie says they have moved to the quieter, uncongested end of Pollard in a building which provides ample parking for customers and students on the street and behind the building. It was important to them to stay in Vinton.

Donnie and Rhonda Wray and D. R. Music are back. They have reopened the business at 128 North Pollard Street in Vinton. Their 36 year-old business was displaced by the catastrophic fire in downtown Vinton on July 2.

D.R. Music is a “full line music store.” They have rebuilt their inventory and continue to sell guitars and other stringed instruments and a full line of band accessories; they have drums and keyboards and music books; they rent school, band, and orchestra instruments as well; and they have returned to teaching music lessons (guitar, bass, and others) and repairing instruments—all to the relief of band students and parents and the community at large.

The Wrays have rebuilt their inventory and offer stringed instruments, including guitars, for sale; school, band, and orchestra instruments for rent; a full range of band accessories, music lessons, and instrument repairs.

Donnie started out playing music—especially the banjo—but then turned to the retail music business. The Wrays established the Vinton Old Time Bluegrass Festival in the 1980’s which drew large crowds to the Vinton Farmers’ Market for 20 years. In fact, Donnie says the festival is the reason there is a stage at the Farmers’ Market—designed by then Assistant Town Manager Bob Benninger and built for the free concerts.

D.R. Music is open from 11 a.m. to 5 or 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 to 2 on Saturdays.

For more information on D. R. Music check out their Facebook page at  https://www.facebook.com/DRMUSICCENTER/, their website at http://drmusiccenter.com/index.html or call 540-345-8548.

The new D.R. Music location is on the quiet end of Pollard Street with ample parking for customers.

 

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