{"id":73367,"date":"2021-12-15T09:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=73367"},"modified":"2021-12-15T09:21:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:21:56","slug":"scoop-remenyi-house-music-moving-bloor-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/12\/15\/scoop-remenyi-house-music-moving-bloor-street\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Remenyi House Of Music Moving From Bloor Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Remenyi_House_Of_Music_moving.jpg\" alt=\"Remenyi_House_Of_Music_moving\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remenyi House of Music, Toronto\u2019s iconic music store located at 210 Bloor St. West, will be moving to a new location at 109 Vanderhoof Ave in January 2022. The music and piano store has purchased the site formally occupied by St. John\u2019s Music, which has since closed its only Toronto location.<\/p>\n<p>The Yorkville music store sold the building to Tribute Communities for a reported $25M in 2018. The plan includes a new condominium that will house over 40 residential units and a ground-floor retail space.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Don\u2019t worry; it\u2019s only temporary\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u2026As part of the agreement, Remenyi will vacate the space while the building takes place and return once it\u2019s complete in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The music store plans to operate both locations after renovations at the Bloor St address are complete.<\/p>\n<h3>From folk music to classical and jazz<\/h3>\n<p>Remenyi House of Music first opened up shop in Toronto\u2019s Yorkville area after Toronto\u2019s hippie culture made its mark on the area, turning it into an arts and culture hub.<\/p>\n<p>With its proximity to the Royal Conservatory and the University of Toronto\u2019s Faculty of Music, Remenyi has become a popular location where musicians can drop in to play a new Steinway, pick up a new clarinet reed, or try a new violin bow. It also includes accessories, repair shops, and the Music Bookstore specializing in sheet music and educational materials.<\/p>\n<p>Remenyi\u2019s customers not only include music students, but also many notable musicians performing across the street at Koerner Hall, and even members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>130 years and counting<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lTNG_cpZ-dw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=19&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The first Remenyi House of Music was opened by Mih\u00e1ly Rem\u00e9nyi in Budapest, Hungary, in 1890. After surviving two world wars, the store stood proud. It wasn\u2019t until the communist regime took over Hungary in 1951 that the store&#8217;s stock was confiscated. 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