Local stores and musicians experience serious delays in supplies.

Local stores and musicians experience serious delays in supplies.

TUCSONANS - ESPECIALLY IN THEMUSIC INDUSTRY.

9 ON YOURSIDE'S PERLA SHAHEEN TELLS USMORE ON HOW MUSIC STORES ARESTRUGGLING TO GET INSTRUMENTS.SUPPLIES ARE ESPECIALLY HARD TOGET THIS HOLIDAY SEASON ..ESPECIALLY INSTRUMENTS.

MARKLEVKOWITZ // OWR NEOF CHICAGOMUSIC STORE: "IT'S VERYFRUSTRATING AND IT'S OUT OFTHE NORM." THE CHICAGO MUSICSTORSAE YS THEY'VE ORDEREDITEMS MONTHS IN ADVANCE TOTACKLE THE DELAY IN SHIPPING.MARK LEVKOWITZ // OWNER OFCHICAGO MUSIC STORE: "ITS VERYSTRANGE FOR US NOT BEING ABLETO CALL UP AND ASK FORSOMETHING AND GET IT IN ACOUPLE OF DAYS." LEVKOWITZSAYS HE'S SPECIFICALLY HADDIFFICULTY GETTING SUPPLIESFROM YAMAHA, FENDER, ANDMARTIN.

HIS SUPPLIER SAYSSHIPPING COMPANIES ARE TAKINGTWICE THE TIME TO BRING INSUPPLIES WHILE CHARGED FIVETIMES THE NORMAL COST.

MARKLEVKOWITZ // OWNER OF CHICAGOMUSIC STORE: "WE HAD AGENTLEMAN COME IN YESTERDAYAND HE WAS INRETESTED IN AVERY FEIN QUALITY MARTINGUITAR.

WE'VE HAD ONE ON ORDERFOR QUITE SOME TIME BUT WE'RENOT GOING TO SEE IT UNTIL NEXTYEAR.

THE CHICAGO MUSIC STOREORDERED MOST INSTRUMENTS INADVANCE TO PREPARE FOR THEHOLIDAY SEASON.

BUT OTHERSARENT AS LUCKY.

SANDRA UM //VIOLIST FOR TUCSON SYMPHONYORCHESTRA: "A COUPLE OF MONTHSAGO, IN PREPARATION FOR THENEW SEASON WITH THE TSOUCNSYMPHONY, I NEEDED TO CHANGEMY STRINGS." SANDRA UM HASPLAYED THE VIOLA FOR THETUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRASINCE 1998.

SHE RECENTLYCALLED MULTIPLE SUPPLIERS TOORDER NEW STRINGS FOR HERINSTRUMENT, BUT NOTHING WASAVAILABLE.

SANDRA UM //VIOLIST FOR TUCSON SYMPHONYORCHESTRA: "I'VE BEEN USINGTHE LARSON A STRING FOR OVER20 YEARS SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLEFRUSTRATING NOT BEING ABLE TOGET THE STRING THAT YOU WANT."THIS MUSIC SUPPLY SHORTAGE ISIMPACTING PEOPLE THUGROHOUTTUCSON - BUT ALSO THROUGHOUTTHE NATION.

THERE'S A MAJORSUPPLY CHAIN BACKLOG ATCALIFORNIA'S PORTS DUE TOSTAFFING SHORTAGES.

THESEPORTS HOLD MUCH OF THE MUSILCASUPPLIES TEENRING TUCSON ANDACCOUNT FOR AROUND 40% OFSHIPPING CONTAINERS ENTERINGTHE U.S. RKMA LEVKOWITZ //OWNER OF CHICAGO MUSIC STORE:"I THINK THE COMBINATION OFTHE PROBLEM AT THE DOCKS ANDTHE TARIFFS AND THE PANDEMIC,IT JUST ALL WAS A PERFECTSTORM." PERLA SHAHEEN, KGUN 9ON YOUR SIDE.THE PANDEMIC HAS DAMAGED THE