Frederick Albert Forster Ferrett, the last partner of the landmark Ferrett Brothers Music Barn on De Anza Drive, has died.

A San Jacinto resident for 68 of his 79 years, Mr. Ferrett was known for the collection of antiques he'd amassed over a lifetime.

With his brother Charles, who died in 1988, Mr. Ferrett began collecting old musical instruments, flags and other memorabilia when he was a boy growing up in Buena Park.

The Ferrett family moved to San Jacinto in 1929. Known as "the Ferrett Brothers," Frederick and Charles opened their first store at 130 W. Main St. in 1944. The brothers claimed to have displayed the first television set in the San Jacinto Valley at that store.

In 1972, the brothers moved their huge, eclectic collection -- which included pipe organs, barber poles, steam whistles from old canneries, antique farm equipment, pipe organs and a plethora of musical instruments -- to their Music Barn on De Anza Drive.

From a building that became a local landmark, Mr. Ferrett sold musical instruments and parts such as piano-player rolls and music-box discs.

A funeral for Mr. Ferrett is scheduled 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Harford Funeral Home Chapel, 120 N. Buena Vista St., Hemet. Burial at San Jacinto Valley Cemetery will follow the service.

Mr. Ferrett is survived by his brother, Edward Joseph Foster Ferrett of Lancaster, his sister, Mildred Mae Drummer of Woodland Hills, and several nieces and nephews.

Published 9/6/1998