About us
Apr 30 2008
No orders can be placed on this website.
Please note:
John Reid and Bill Dawson of Deloitte, the business advisory firm, have been appointed Administrators of Sound Control Holdings Limited (“Holdings”) and certain of its subsidiaries (“the Group”) following applications to the courts by the Group’s Directors.
The joint administrators manage the affairs, business, and property of the company, for the duration of the administration.
The joint administrators act as agents of the company, and do not personally adopt any contracts that may have been entered into by the company, prior to their appointment.
The Group operates from 26 stores across the UK, under the brand names Sound Control, Media Tools, Turnkey and Soho Sound House.
The Group has been impacted by increased competition from the internet, and the directors had been pursuing a strategy to sell the business. This did not prove successful and accordingly they sought the appointment of John Reid and Bill Dawson as Administrators.
Following a review of the Group’s operations the Administrators have made the difficult decision to close 14 of the Group’s trading locations and bring to an end its telesales and internet sales activities.
“The Administrators welcome interest in the business and assets of the Group and are already in discussions with a number of interested parties to explore a possible sale.
The Administrator will continue to trade the remaining 11 stores, selling high quality musical instruments to the public.
The Group's head office is based in Dunfermline and has various trading locations throughout the UK.
Turnkey has now been in business for almost thirty years, having started in 1978, and can rightly claim to be the birthplace of recording for musicians – not only was it the first store of its kind in the world, but Turnkey played an integral role in the development of the Portastudio™ which made multitrack recording affordable to the average musician for the first time, and ushered in the age of the home studio which we take for granted today.
In recent years, the company has continued in the spirit of the original owners by starting the Carillon company which made the world’s first true audio PC and still leads the way in making audio computing headache free. Our Central London store stands on the site of the historic Selmer’s music shop where amongst other famous customers, Clapton bought his first guitar (if you’re after guitars, visit our sister site www.sohosoundhouse.com).
As by far the largest store in the UK we are able to invest unrivalled time, money and energy into creating a unique shopping experience which we hope you’ll enjoy – we have over 100 staff on hand to help you who are passionate about the equipment they sell. We have over 5,000 different products in stock at any one time and keep them in depth to ensure minimum stock-outs, our Charing Cross Road store features numerous custom demonstration facilities to allow you to truly compare and contrast products, we publish the only comprehensive regular catalogue in the business (click here to subscribe free), and of course if you prefer to shop by phone, our lines are open long hours.
Above all though, Turnkey’s main aim is to help the recording musician get the results they need by delivering the very latest equipment with great advice and service, and all at the lowest prices around – in fact we guarantee you can’t buy cheaper: by continually surveying our competitors’ prices we’re pretty confident our prices are already the best, but if by any chance you do find cheaper, let us know and providing we can verify the quote and the other dealer has the goods in stock, we’ll beat the price even if we have to lose money – that’s our Europe’s Lowest Price Guarantee.
Apr 30 2008
No orders can be placed on this website.
Please note:
John Reid and Bill Dawson of Deloitte, the business advisory firm, have been appointed Administrators of Sound Control Holdings Limited (“Holdings”) and certain of its subsidiaries (“the Group”) following applications to the courts by the Group’s Directors.
The joint administrators manage the affairs, business, and property of the company, for the duration of the administration.
The joint administrators act as agents of the company, and do not personally adopt any contracts that may have been entered into by the company, prior to their appointment.
The Group operates from 26 stores across the UK, under the brand names Sound Control, Media Tools, Turnkey and Soho Sound House.
The Group has been impacted by increased competition from the internet, and the directors had been pursuing a strategy to sell the business. This did not prove successful and accordingly they sought the appointment of John Reid and Bill Dawson as Administrators.
Following a review of the Group’s operations the Administrators have made the difficult decision to close 14 of the Group’s trading locations and bring to an end its telesales and internet sales activities.
“The Administrators welcome interest in the business and assets of the Group and are already in discussions with a number of interested parties to explore a possible sale.
The Administrator will continue to trade the remaining 11 stores, selling high quality musical instruments to the public.
The Group's head office is based in Dunfermline and has various trading locations throughout the UK.
Turnkey has now been in business for almost thirty years, having started in 1978, and can rightly claim to be the birthplace of recording for musicians – not only was it the first store of its kind in the world, but Turnkey played an integral role in the development of the Portastudio™ which made multitrack recording affordable to the average musician for the first time, and ushered in the age of the home studio which we take for granted today.
In recent years, the company has continued in the spirit of the original owners by starting the Carillon company which made the world’s first true audio PC and still leads the way in making audio computing headache free. Our Central London store stands on the site of the historic Selmer’s music shop where amongst other famous customers, Clapton bought his first guitar (if you’re after guitars, visit our sister site www.sohosoundhouse.com).
As by far the largest store in the UK we are able to invest unrivalled time, money and energy into creating a unique shopping experience which we hope you’ll enjoy – we have over 100 staff on hand to help you who are passionate about the equipment they sell. We have over 5,000 different products in stock at any one time and keep them in depth to ensure minimum stock-outs, our Charing Cross Road store features numerous custom demonstration facilities to allow you to truly compare and contrast products, we publish the only comprehensive regular catalogue in the business (click here to subscribe free), and of course if you prefer to shop by phone, our lines are open long hours.
Above all though, Turnkey’s main aim is to help the recording musician get the results they need by delivering the very latest equipment with great advice and service, and all at the lowest prices around – in fact we guarantee you can’t buy cheaper: by continually surveying our competitors’ prices we’re pretty confident our prices are already the best, but if by any chance you do find cheaper, let us know and providing we can verify the quote and the other dealer has the goods in stock, we’ll beat the price even if we have to lose money – that’s our Europe’s Lowest Price Guarantee.
