Gravesend dealer back in business

Gravesend music dealer Elephant Music has reopened under new management.

New owners Rob Sherwood and Dennis Halberg have given the store an extensive revamp after closing earlier in the year. It now boasts a wider range of stock plus new rehearsal and teaching facilities. 

“We’ve repainted and cleared more space – it’s much brighter now – and we’re hoping to offer a bigger range of instruments,” said Halberg. “We’ll have guitars, drums, keyboards, amps, and we have cheaper options like harmonicas and recorders.”

“People have had lots of words of encouragement for us. We’ve got room upstairs for lessons and downstairs we’ve got a rehearsal room where we’re hoping to hold little recitals. Kids who have music lessons… parents often don’t have the chance to see them so we’re hoping we could invite them in to watch their children perform,” he said.

“We don’t just want to focus on the business side. We really want to support music lessons, local gigs and encourage young people to learn to play instruments. We want to convince them that music isn’t just what you see when you go on The X factor or Britain’s Got Talent and have a microphone shoved in your face.”

(pic: Kent Online)