Private company

Metropolitan Music Co.

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American music publishing and string instrument retailer

Metropolitan Music Co. was a Minneapolis-based music publishing and string instrument retailer founded in the late 1879 as part of W. J. Dyer & Bro.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersMinneapolis1
W.J. Dyer and Bro. music store (interior), St. Paul, Minnesota, circa 1900. (Location no. HF4.9 m2, Negative no. 78037)
Photo: Flickr : Minnesota Historical Society from St Paul, MN, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Metropolitan Music Co. was a Minneapolis-based music publishing and string instrument retailer founded in the late 1879 as part of W. J. Dyer & Bro.2