{"id":6216,"date":"2012-07-16T00:46:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T05:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=6216"},"modified":"2013-01-03T23:15:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T04:15:20","slug":"rice-music-house-3214-devine-street-29-june-2012-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=6216","title":{"rendered":"Rice Music House, 3214 Devine Street: 29 June 2012 (moved\/demolished)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rice Music House<\/i> was a daily advertising presence on WIS radio<\/a> when I was growing up. I remember that they constantly mentioned their Steinway<\/i> (\"The finest piano in the world\") and Cable-Nelson<\/a> pianos. Another big selling point was that \"We own all our pianos\". At the time, I figured that all stores owned everything they sold, so I didn't see why it was a big deal. Now it seems sort of amazing that they carried all those grand pianos on their own ledgers.<\/p>\n

In the event, I suppose advertising isn't everything, because when it came our time to buy a piano, we went with Haven's<\/i> a bit further up Divine Street. I think they threw in lessons with the instrument, though by the time we finished our year of lessons, they were starting to de-emphasize pianos and get into the framing business that became their mainstay while Rice<\/i> went on for another 40 years.<\/p>\n

Rice announced their closing\/move in March. Interestingly, the initial announcements and the story in The State<\/a> all mentioned that the store would be moving (in downsized form, without sheet music or repair shop) to The Village At Sandhill<\/a>, but none of their mail circulars, their closing website or the window signage mentioned the move. I was a bit worried at first, but I did finally see their storefront at Sandhill, and the final closing door note does mention the new store.<\/p>\n

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This, in fact, is the new storefront:<\/p>\n

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And this is the Devine Street store in happier times back on 27 June of 2010 (and 1 September 2011):<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 29 August 2012<\/b> -- Looks like the Sandhill location is about ready to open:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 18 September 2012<\/b> -- The Sandhill location is open:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 3 January 2013<\/b> -- As mentioned in the comments, the old Rice<\/i> building on Devine has been demolished:<\/p>\n

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