BUSINESS REVIEW: Porch Music Store keeps music moving in Franklin | Business Review
Porch Music Store in Franklin offers a wide selection of folk music instruments, lessons, books, workshops, and performance opportunities. A business that originated in a basement in 2011 now offers local and online patrons the opportunity to purchase instruments and accessories through various statewide retailers.
Porch’s inventory focuses on acoustic instruments, including guitars, banjos, ukuleles, dulcimers, keyboards, percussion instruments, harmonicas, recorders, woodwind, brass instruments, and more. A large selection of related accessories, as well as music books for nearly every instrument, are also available.
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