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Our History
Pfabe’s Music Academy has been a musical beacon for our community for over seventy years. The store was opened in 1946 by a rather frustrated band instructor, Edsel Pfabe.
Back then, Edsel directed the Chardon High School Band. He loved sharing music with his students and his community and was instrumental in founding the Great Geauga Fair band.
As a music lover and promoter in his community, he quickly became frustrated by the lack of access to quality instruments. It broke his heart each time he was forced to turn away a child eager to learn the piano or violin because there was no instrument to play.
Edsel felt called to bring music to his community and ensure anyone wishing to play had the chance to. He accomplished this the day he opened the doors of the first Pfabe’s Music Academy Location.
Throughout the following decades, Pfabe’s Music has provided lessons and instruments to established and aspiring musicians in our community—and while the location has changed and ownership has passed over the years, the desire to bring music into our community has stayed the same.