My boys have been taking piano lessons here for almost 4 years. Incredible personable instruction…read morewhere they are learning not only how to play the piano, but how to read and write music.

Paul is awesome! Super flexible, great studio, friendly atmosphere. I have a special needs son,…read moreand Paul's calm presence made it, so my son felt comfortable and started engaging and learning right away. The calls before lessons are super great for us as well. Paul is super awesome.

Paul was a Jerk. He lectured me more than he let me play. I've been a musician since 1st grade…read moreplaying the piano. He belittled me and made me feel like I was really bad at the guitar. He never encouraged me and when I finally quit his lessons and found another instructor, he would NOT stop texting me. He's a stalker and not worth anyone's money! Do NOT go here. Don't waste your time or money!

This past September, due to pandemic, I signed my son up with Kirk after researching for a guitar…read moreinstructor who would be a very effective and excellent virtual teacher. Kirk delivered! My son loves his lesson times with Kirk so much that he would routinely carve out time DAILY on his own to practice and strum on his guitar WITHOUT me telling him to because he enjoys it so much. That's successful teaching in my opinion! My son feels Kirk connects, understands, and is patient with him...and it's not always easy to understand "teenagers" if you know what I mean. After 8 months of lessons, my son has started to take part in the church worship team as a backup guitarist - it's a small church, but still, that's what Kirk did, built up his confidence and love for guitaring! I would definitely recommend Kirk to anyone asking. He's patient, kind, and understands his students, bringing out the best in them! A+!!

Our 10 year old son sees Kirk every week and is a novice. His development has been impressive and I…read morecredit Kirk for having the patience to work with our little guy. Kirk's calm and easy going style has been a boon to our son's skill and self-confidence. We highly recommend Kirk for guitar lessons.

Alex is a great guitar Instructor! Best I've had, by far! Very kind and compassionate. Very patient…read moreand encouraging. Let's me play and while I play the notes, he plays the chords and together we did a duet! I strongly recommend Alex as a guitar instructor. Very talented as well.

It's one of those disappearing professions, sad to say. Took me a couple of years to find a living…read morepiano tuner. Took me another year to find one who is good. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hoon will come to your house at the appointed time, tune your piano properly, and remind you in a year when it's time again.

Carl Hoon and more recently Carl and his wife Linda have been tuning my pianos for well over 20…read moreyears. I have been teaching piano for over 25 years and a good tuner is so important to me. For many years I had a poorly rebuilt baby grand but Carl made it sound good. He was always gracious when it came to his opinion of that piano but jumped at the opportunity to give me pointers when it came to replacing that old piano. I listened to him and we now have a wonderful Baldwin that more then makes up for the years of double striking and pedal issues with the old piano. Carl is always the perfect gentleman and I trust him to the point where I will leave the house while Carl is tuning and ask him to lock the door on his way out. ( of course I miss his post tuning concert when I have to leave) The thing I most appreciate about Carl's tuning is the fact that he "tweeks" the piano after he tunes it with the electronic tuner. All pianos have their quirks and personalities and Carl makes sure the piano is in tune with itself- not just an electronic box. I highly recommend Carl- in all the years I have never had to call and say a key was out of tune right after it's been tuned. I have had to do that with other tuners. I once had the tuner from Summerfest come back out because a much used "G" above middle C was not in tune. The tuner was angry with me but tunings are expensive and I expect to hear beautiful music right after a tuning. That has never once happened with Carl. I hope Carl is able to continue his magic for years to come.

Sheryll with expressions piano is an outstanding piano instructor. I specifically sought her out…read moreover 6 years ago to work with my son and give him piano lessons. He has ADHD but is very driven to learn and play music. She has not only been the PERFECT instructor for his learning style, she has catered her teaching to his interests, needs, and preferences. She often composes music for him in order to provide him with things he wants to play. While she uses theory books to teach basics, she is adamant about students being able to play things they want to and enjoy and goes out of her way to find this type of music. She was so wonderful with my son that my daughter now takes lessons with her as well. Her passion for music and inspiring kids to love it is incredible. Every year she helps my kids to learn holiday music, mixes it, records it, and creates beautiful gifts that we give to family and friends every year. I cannot say enough about her, her professionalism, and her quality as an instructor. Throughout COVID she ran virtual lessons for my kids and both looked forward to them every week and were able to continue their lessons. Someday, when my kids are no longer taking lessons, I plan to sign up to learn piano with her as well.

Hands in Harmony is by far one of the most amazing organizations to hit Milwaukee. Reaching out to…read moreunderserved communities to bring music to kids not only helps in exceeding developmental milestones of these young ones taking lessons, but allows for these same kids to give back to their communities. Additionally, learning piano through the Hands and Harmony provides kids with tools such as self-discipline, focus, and determination which directly impact performance in school and daily life. My six-year-old has been taking lessons since she was three and is able to play Ode to Joy from memory and read notes. The day this happened I almost cried. Exposure to music early on directly impacts how kids learn, grow, and ultimately succeed later on in life. Hands in Harmony has allowed us to tap into this opportunity. I come from a place where learning an instrument what part of my schools curriculum. When Ioved to Milwaukee and saw how underfunded music was, my heart sank. That is, until I learned of Hands and Harmony. I recommend this studio, their patient and enthusiastic teachers, to EVERYONE. Get your kids in music. Give them the gift of piano. You will not be disappointed in the contagious joy that comes from having a musician in the family and community.

I love visiting Ben and Arturo. I have purchased some great vintage gear from Ben. I have also sold…read morehim a vintage guitar and he gave me a fair price.

Cool shop! It's a smaller music gear shop set inside a larger collectibles shop, but the gear…read morespills out into the rest of the building. And it's more of a resale shop -- not too much new stuff when I was in there, but the owner ordered me a new speaker so I think he'll special order stuff for anyone. Also, you should ask if you are looking for something you don't see. He pulled out some cool guitars from the back to show me. They also do repairs and buy your old equipment. I dig this shop even with the 90's name. Support your local businesses!