Daynes Music

[2] What began as a small music and jewelry store in a log building in 1862,[3] has grown to be a fourth-generation family business.

[4] Founder John Daynes was a native of England, but he and his wife Eliza Miller Daynes and their family converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and left England in 1862 to travel to the Utah Territory.

Joseph grew to be the first organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at age 16, a position he held for 33 years.

[10] It took many rounds of trial and error, determination, and hard work for Skip to get the business back on its feet.

Skip has noticed that developments in technology have brought instant gratification and cheap instruments to the forefront, rather than pianos.

[16] In 1976, Skip Daynes housed the new Utah Opera Company in his store until it grew enough to provide its own facility.