The Good: easy and generous on street parking, funky/fantastic atmosphere, enthusiastic…read moreinstructors, easy to get lesson scheduled. The Bad: our instructor charged $52/hour, nearly twice the going rate for a 1 hour lesson, and he didn't take much time to find out what my son already knows. Assessment: this is a fine place for adults who are novice musicians, want to stay in the south Mpls neighborhood, and are cool with paying out a good chunk of change.

From the owner: The Music Lab is an independently owned music school in south Minneapolis founded by local music…read moredarlings Jillian Rae and Josie Just. Their vision of creating an inspiring space for teaching and learning music of all kinds, has blossomed into a community of active performing musicians and aspiring musicians of all ages. The Music Lab offers private musical instruction in most every instrument and style, and also has group programs available- such as Rock Lab (learn to play in a band), Grasshopper Lab (pre-K group music class, coming soon!) and our Summer Lab Camp (learn to play in a band/ensemble, record, and write original music). Students of all ages and ability levels are welcome! Music Lab hours vary daily and are set up 'by appointment' with each instructor/class. We accept cash, check, and online payments. (not credit card, technically bank-to-bank)

I had more guitars than I could expect to keep fed and cared for so I visited Chad and he took some…read moreof them off my hands for what I thought were reasonable values. If I didn't STILL have too many guitars I'd definitely buy from Chad @ Encore Music.

Rude and unwelcoming they were yelling way too much and we couldn't hear anything so we had to…read moreleave the store

Small place, friendly folk. Mostly acoustic guitars,read more

Went in this great little shop the other day. I had long admired their little shingle & sign…read moreoutdoors, but was glad to stop in. I'm a teacher and they had the books I needed for my students and (for a tiny shop) had the right selection of instruments for me. They had a good guitar I could recommend a student as well as a bunch of super interesting hand made funkiness that was compelling for me. Nice dude working there, very helpful. They didn't have the strings I was hoping for in stock but seemed totally willing to get some in for me.

Such a cool place. I happened to be in Minneapolis picking someone up at the airport and decided to…read moreswing in. My better half has been asking for a uke, and these guys more than delivered. Even when I went to look elsewhere, they were gracious enough to put one on hold. Of course I came back because you can't beat the store and the people. I would 100% recommend these guys!

I from Seattle, but always stop at the Pickin' Parlor when in town. They always have a good…read moreselection of new and used Nannie's at good prices. If I lived in Minneapolis, I would definitely take lessons there.

Sent me a used ocarina at new price, and it was damaged with scratches and pen marks all over it…read more Mailed in envelope with songbook already in soft case, no printed box or formed space. Currently trying to get refund and return, company ignoring my emails. Fuck Groth.

Groth is a cool music store with a large selections of strings, brass, harmonicas, and percussion…read more The buffalo drums were incredible.

This business seems to be badly managed. Messaged twice about lessons but have never heard anything…read moreback. Tried to order an attachment for my violin. They placed the order, never heard anything. Really wanted to like this business as it is local to me and I love music. Won't go to a business that clearly doesn't want mine.

Last year we were "thrilled" to find out our 10 year old wanted to play the saxaphone in the school…read moreband. We stopped into Cadenza and had the best experience. We rented an alto sax and the nicest guy ever explained what my son would need. When you rent an instrument for the school year, you pay in full up front. The guy made it clear that you won't pay a penalty if it's past the May deadline because schools have end of the year concerts etc. Near the end of the year we got a card in the mail telling us if we paid for next years rental we could keep the instrument over the summer for free. We did that. Also, a rental includes a yearly "tune up". While the sax was in the shop, our son announced he needed it TODAY for school. Of course. I called the store and talked to the woman who was repairing it. "Oh I'm working on it now, I could have it for you in 20 mins." Perfect

This is how amp service should be. Drop off was easy to set up. Jeff will ask you about what you're…read morewanting and what to expect. He will notify you when your equipment is ready to pick up along with the cost. The website has basic starting costs of some work. I found it a great value! Selection was easy as it's about 10 mins from me. This is where I'll keep returning to for work on my equipment.

I had some Klipsch computer speakers/subwoofer that were not working. Klipsch told me to order a…read morenew subwoofer, as did another repair shop who said it wasn't worth fixing. I called Jeff at ToneTron Amps and he fixed it right up for less than the price of a new subwoofer. He did it quickly (about a week because he had to order some parts) and kept me apprised of the situation the whole way. He also explained exactly what was wrong and showed me the blown parts that he had fixed. Now my speakers work good as new and I didn't have to throw a subwoofer into a landfill. Great job and I highly recommend Jeff to anyone looking for audio electronics repair!