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George Hines

Company: George’s Music
Title: Owner

George Hines opened his first George's Music store in Spring City, Pennsylvania on August 17, 1977.
Since then, George's Music has grown to a 10 store chain, making us the largest musical instrument retailer in the greater Philadelphia area.

In 1985, we opened our 2nd location in North Wales, PA followed in 1987 by our third store in Springfield (Delaware County). 1989 brought our 4th location on Street Rd. in Feasterville, PA. Then in 1992 George's Music opened it's 5th Pennsylvania location in King of Prussia (moved in 1994 to Berwyn, PA which also includes the office headquarters).

In 1995, 10 years after opening our second store, George's Music enters the Florida music market with a store on International Drive in Orlando. A year later, two more locations are opened in the Fern Park area of Orlando and in Jacksonville Beach. Those stores were followed by storefronts in Orange Park (Jacksonville) and West Palm Beach, bringing us to our current count of 10 stores in Pennsylvania and Florida.

 

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