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Article: Strait Music's triumph in Texas. (Robert Strait's music retailing operations) (Company Profile)
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- Music Trades
- Article date:
- July 1, 1992
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After A Flood Nearly Wiped Strait Music Off The Map, The Store Is Back, Bigger And Better Than Ever
Visitors to Robert Strait's office at Strait Music in Austin, Texas, confront an eerie reminder of a natural disaster that wiped out his store in 1981. Stuck in the ceiling is a message holder, left there when flood waters ripped through the store and forced his desk through the ceiling. Ultimately, the San Antonio floods claimed 13 lives and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, including the devastation of Strait Music.
Pointing to the rusted message holder, Robert Strait, president of the full-line store, says, "It's an ominous souvenir of that ...