A MUSIC shop which has been trading for almost 60 years closed its doors for the final time this weekend.

As previously reported, Musicroom is closing seven of its eight UK stores including the Salisbury store at 5 Catherine Street, which has trading as a music shop for almost 60 years.

It blamed 'rising costs and challenging market conditions'.

Staff who work at the store took to Instagram to share the news on their last day on Saturday, March 11. 

They posted: "And the doors are locked. Every single person to come through those doors had the ability to be creative and make music. If you can bang on a table or honk a kazoo you can make a song, that’s the beauty of it.

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"The fact that we got to be a part of thousands of musical journeys, over six decades makes us some of the luckiest people in retail. In this photo are faces from the start to the end. Look at those lucky faces.

"Thank you all. Keep on rocking in the free world baby."

Sheet music publisher Hal Leonard, which owns Musicroom, is keeping its London flagship store open but shifting focus to e-commerce.

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Managing director Tom Venvell, at Hal Leonard Europe, said: "Musicroom retail stores have contributed significantly to our consumer business and wider UK music-making communities over many years, and our decision to restructure in this way has been very difficult.

"However, with sales and profitability impacted by challenging market conditions, and costs continuing to rise, we need to make these changes."