In Brief:
- Sondra Blanchard to sell HB Woodsongs
- Kevin Drost former Reverb CFO buyer
- Store marks 55 years in business
- Drost plans to maintain rental and lesson programs
HB Woodsongs owner Sondra Blanchard plans to sell the Boulder music shop to Kevin Drost, a former customer and music industry executive who intends to continue its instrument rental, retail, lesson and consignment programs.
The ownership change comes as the store marks 55 years in business. Drost most recently served as chief financial officer and head of global strategy at Reverb.com, an online marketplace for musical instruments. After helping guide Reverb’s sale, he returned to Colorado with his family.
Drost first visited Woodsongs as a customer while studying music at the University of Denver in the early 2000s…