Amazing instructors with a wide range of talents to enhance your skills and knowledge. From choir,…read moreto strings; this place will bring you to the next level. We are using them for piano, double bass, and violin lessons. They are exceptional with our 10 and 13 yo. My children's love for music continues to grow and they're always excited to come to practice.

It's wonderful! My son attends Muse Academy and plays the piano, and he has improved so much over…read morethe past year. I can really see how much effort they put into teaching musical instruments. They also offer a virtual option if you can't make it in person. The teachers are great, and the overall atmosphere is excellent!

I had a wonderful experience at Greene Music, where both Ken and Ignacio gave my husband and I…read morewonderful demonstrations of a number of digital pianos. They have a huge selection, they know the features of all of their pianos, and they allowed me to see all the really fun things today's digital pianos can do. They helped me find the perfect new Yamaha Clavinova! If you are looking for a new or used piano, make it a point to go to Greene Music before deciding to buy elsewhere! ....Carol G.

Another great experience at Greene Music, this time with Ignacio. The last time I visited was about…read morefour years ago when I purchased a Yamaha N1X hybrid piano (which is amazing). This time, I found an excuse to replace an old CLP model with a much newer CLP-825 (as a second piano). Ignacio was very friendly, well-informed, patient and very helpful. I absolutely love this place :) I wish I had a good reason to by a few more pianos but my wife wouldn't like it. They have such a good selection you will be spoiled for choice. They had the piano we wanted on hand and I was able to drive it home the same day. Assembly was a breeze. Overall, yet another delightful experience. I look forward to visiting again soon. Thank you!

Took the time to help with a minor request. Very polite and helpful. Good place to check out.read more

I wanted to surprise my sister with her first guitar, and Jack at Mark's Guitar Exchange made the…read morewhole experience unforgettable. Walking into a guitar shop can feel a little intimidating when you don't know much about guitars, but Jack was so patient, kind, and knowledgeable. He made everything easy to understand and helped us find the perfect guitar. I highly recommend Jack and Mark's Guitar Exchange!

Bertrand's Music is a music store focused on "school band & orchestra sales, rentals, lessons, and…read morerepair," as stated on their website. Our middle school band teachers works with Bertrand's Music exclusively and I understand that they trust them. The store itself looks nice. They had some instruments for sale displayed, along with music books. They have rooms for lessons in the back. The parking lot is usually congested though and parking is not easy. Our experience is only with getting an instrument repair quote from them. I'm sure the lessons and rentals are just fine here, but we would not exactly recommend Bertrand's for repairs, especially if you weren't even referred to come here by your school band for an instrument that belongs to the school. They have to ship out the instrument somewhere off site to even give us a quote, and we had to wait ten business days just to hear back that the instrument was unsalvageable and not worth repairing. They were unable to provide us with any written detail of what exactly needed to be repaired and what the cost would be. I'm not sure why they do it like this, because it appears a bit unprofessional. If you're looking for someone to repair a specific instrument that you own, we don't think this is the perfect place to bring it. It would probably be best to find someone who specializes in repairing that instrument to do it on site. Repairs were just one aspect of their business and it's technically a relationship between the school band and Bertrand's, so it didn't bother us. The staff were very nice and accommodating, and we appreciated that. They provided us with a receipt that the school needed, and it was as simple as that. Thank you!

We brought a saxophone in for a repair estimate and they quoted over $1,000 for an "overhaul" that…read moreit "needed". That's more than the instrument is worth. Then I found B&H music in Escondido- they cleaned, adjusted, and replaced the cork for the saxophone for under $70 AND gave us a free loaner saxophone in the meantime. Their turnaround time was only a few days and Bertrand's quoted me 5-7 weeks for repair and would charge for a rental instrument for that time. It's worth a 20 minute drive to save over $1,000! What a rip off. I'd give zero stars to Bertrand's if I could.

Had such a great experience recording with Mat Raker here at SDMAA! His no bs attitude really…read moresimplifies the process, along with his experience and musical expertise. Really adaptable to my skill level which is very very beginner, and affordable too. I'll definitely be back to record more.

The San Diego Music and Art Company is a top notch school for teaching both music and art. The…read moreowner, Mat is a classically trained pianist and one of the best local musicians in San Diego. He only hires the highest quality musicians and artists. For art classes Victor and Olga are both incredible teachers and highly experienced visual artists. Both are professional artists in addition to teaching classes. I work with teen artists and often get requests for classes for younger artists and refer all of them to SDMAAC's sister location, The Escondido Music and Art Company. Many parents have sent emails about how happy their kids have been with the classes. They also put on amazing concerts! I am grateful they chose Escondido for the 2nd location.

Today is 01/02/25, Thursday, the day after New Year's Day. It's 11:15am that I'm writing this…read morereview. I've been waiting for 15 mins for the store to open even though the hours say they open at 11:00 am. Their voicemail is full but the recording also says 11:00 am opening. Their website says open at 11:00 am. I'm not quite sure if everything says the store should be open but they aren't open. I purposefully came here to get my guitar strung with fresh strings. I wanted to support local stores specifically. The worker came in around 11:18 am. We all have hard days. I only dinged one star because truthfully it was only one worker for the whole store he was very very apologetic... He cleaned, oiled, and strung my guitar. He took his time and carefully did everything while also having to man the whole store by himself! He apologized profusely when he had to step away to help customers. I could be upset set, but it's the beginning of the year and we're all human. $12 for full restring (all 6 strings) you pay for the cost of the strings you want put on. I chose Elixir for my acoustic electric and those run around $20-ish bucks

It took some convincing (most of last school year), but my 5th grader "decided" to play an…read moreinstrument this year--the violin! Yay! Our school provided a list of required items, based on the instrument selected. They also listed local places where parents can go to rent or buy an instrument. Disappointingly, both of the recommended places are owned by the same big company that has been absorbing local shops the last few years. So I busted out Yelp on my phone and Music Central came up as an option. I gave this shop a call and Charlie was kind enough to answer all of my questions over the phone. He left a great first impression from the different shops I reached out to that morning. I decided to take the afternoon off from work and pick up my daughter early during her minimum day so we could see Charlie while he was working--glad I did! Charlie answered more of my questions and measured my daughter for her first violin (insert proud parent tears of joy here). We discussed rental terms and Charlie answered another round of questions to help make me very comfortable signing a contract. I like how standard repairs (like string replacement) and maintenance (like tuning) are included with my rental. And I LOVE how I can "trade in" my rental for the next size up instrument (in similar condition) without breaking my contract! During our first visit we picked up a few of the required accessories listed for the violin and Charlie gave his recommendations on what is really needed to help save me some money up front. As a dad on a budget, this was much appreciated. This shop has a large collection of acoustic and electric guitars in the back. There are also lots and lots of music sheets in stock too. Much to my surprise, Music Central also has a large collection of ukuleles from different manufacturers. My eldest daughter has been interested in ukuleles for years (we have owned a few inexpensive ones to foster her exploration of this instrument) so this may be the focus a future visit. I mentioned this to Charlie and he shared that he teaches ukulele for the shop. How cool is that?! Thanks for an awesome first visit Charlie! Looking forward to a long relationship with Music Central to help my daughters make beautiful music.

The very best you will not find anything better anywhere, including the United States…read moreFriendly service, very knowledgeable staff

Great business! Really enjoy getting Clarinet lessons here from Alfonso, a very gifted musician who…read morestudied at sdsu. I plan on playing Jingle Bells with one of my patients at work for Christmas. I also enjoy playing for my family.

This place does zero things wrong. We've been renting here for years. Never had any issue. Bow…read moreneeds to be rehaired? Switch. String broken? 15 min fix. Time to size up? Ok let's see what you need and get it tuned and out the door. Super affordable as well.

We had a great experience at San Diego Violins purchasing a violin with our daughter. Highly…read morerecommend!