“Amazing, totally amazing; the (closing) sale has been more successful than we ever could have believed,” says Susan Daynes, fighting back a tear. “It just shows the legacy Daynes Music has, how the community has supported us for so many years and that they just feel so sad we’re not going to be in business anymore. You just feel the love. It’s been really heartwarming.”
That’s how Utah is saying goodbye to a business that’s been here since Abraham Lincoln was president.
The Daynes Music Company first opened its doors in 1862 in downtown Salt Lake City at 10 E. First South, across the street from where the First Security building and City Creek Center now stand…