Having been a long time customer at this store, I would really encourage any one looking for…read moremusical equipment to at least look here before buying. I am always impressed with the inventory and variety of gear. From quality student models all the way up to high end professional instruments, I have seen it at this store. I personally have always found the prices very competitive on the gear that I have been shopping for at their store. Thank you

We got excellent service and advice from the moment we walked in the door. Once I told the salesman…read moremy price range, he focused in one guitars that fit what I was looking for and gave us time and space to try them out. I'm so glad I discovered this place and we will definitely be back. One downside is that one of the sale guys snapped at my son when he was touching a guitar (before I had a chance to redirect him) and that was a turnoff and a big contrast to how our salesman interacted with us.

Luke was very helpful and super nice. Thank you!!! Can't wait to see my daughter play her cello!read more

Extremely rude and awful customer service. Laughed at my daughter when she asked if they had any…read moretips for her as a new guitar player. He laughed and said well I have lots of tips , we have lessons for that. Which I get--nothing is free. But how discouraging for a child simply asking. Then proceeded to talk down to both of us when inquiring about lessons and times. We won't be back and I'll continue to blast how awful they are all over the web/social media .

I tried calling today to get information about a Martin acoustic guitar. The woman who picks up the…read morephone sounds like she's nursing a 5 year hangover. She's immediately rude, confused and audibly ignored after a simple question of whether or not the guitar comes with a case. She exhales deeply when I ask if someone can verify the condition for me. We've been on the phone for less than 2 minutes. She hangs up the phone after I ask whether or not she wants to sell it to me. So I went online and spent $1000 on reverb instead. If I was her manager and had overheard this phone call in person, I would have fired her on the spot. I would avoid this guitar center. This is one of the bad ones.

I just bought the Alvarez AG60CE back in January, through Guitar Center, who told me that since I…read moredidn't buy their warranty for this brand new guitar, I had to go to the Alvarez distributor in the country, in St. Louis to have it fixed The problem is, Alvarez is a shitty Guitar, banking on big names like LR Baggs to sell their garbage. The L.R. Baggs electronics were completely shot on this guitar... Even the tuner didn't work. They said they would fix it for me, but I had to pay the $160.01 to ship it to them, first. That's right. Alvarez built me a defective guitar, then made me pay an additional 40% of the price of the guitar to fix their own mistake. If anyone really wants an Alvarez guitar, I highly recommend buying a used one. I wonder how long L.R. Baggs is willing to take a hit in allowing the Alvarez brand to cost them money before pulling out themselves.

This company provides music lessons for kids. They don't have any teachers that are suitable for…read moreadults past age 30 or 35, or so, because those teachers are so dang young themselves that they don't have a big, wide musical outlook on the world.

My son loves going to his lessons at SOR, Kirkwood. The atmosphere is always positive. Love hearing…read moreall the budding talent while I am waiting for lessons to finish up. Keep rockin' and rollin'.

Great lessons, if you take violin or viola, go to see Tim Eshing. He is very nice, patient and…read moreeasy going. The lessons are very reasonably priced.

I took piano lessons with Tim Townsend from ages 8-12. As I've grown older, I have realized how…read moreinappropriate he was as a teacher. He would constantly push his extremely conservative ideologies on me (yes, even as a 10 year old!). At the time I didn't realize what was happening, but sometimes 10 minutes of our 30 minute lessons would consist of him trash-talking the democratic president, and telling me my parent's opinions were incorrect (who are both rather liberal). I don't care what others' political beliefs are, but I cannot believe he was pushing his political agenda on me as a submissive and quiet child. It disgusts me to think now that my parents paid for those lessons for years. Not to mention he did not put any effort into improving my piano skills the last 2+ years of my lessons. By age 10 I was over the piano and had checked out, and he made no effort to inspire me to improve, it seemed he was just comfortable taking my parents' money for a few more years until I finally quit. He took that time as an opportunity to spew his far-right beliefs into my ears. Not to mention he is literally a climate change denier and hardcore Trump supporter, but that is beside the point. It is extremely inappropriate to push those beliefs on a child. I would highly recommend NO ONE sends their child to learn from him. Maybe his other teachers are alright, but I would never support his business.

Great selection of saxophones, (and clarinets and flutes!) and a museum with many important…read moreinstruments! They even have original Adolphe Sax instruments...

Had a horrible experience with customer service in this store today. I drove to this store from…read moreAlabama with the intent of supporting a local business despite their prices being significantly more than most online retailers. I made an appointment to play test alto and tenor saxes, and after spending three hours in a practice room and deciding which horns I wanted to purchase, they told me that they had sold one of the horns I wanted to purchase online. Me, someone with an appointment, standing in the store, who had asked for the horn two hours prior, was not given priority over an online sale and I was told there was nothing to do. I decided to take my business to the significantly cheaper online retailers if this store is going to prioritize online shoppers over someone who drove nine hours and is standing in the store.

School of Rock summer camp is one of the experiences that launched my daughter's musical life. She…read moredid her first camp there at the age of eight and subsequently had the courage to audition for multiple musicals and other performances. She's now done solos in her school talent show and had principal roles in musical theatre shows. These camps are perfect for beginners who show an interest in music and want to give it a try. It's a full week of fun and some instruction, plus exposure to what it takes to get up on stage and perform with with band. A child who wants to play an instrument or sing should definitely experience this. It's an encouraging, energetic environment. Make sure you plan to attend the performance at the end of the week because it's a big deal to the kids. And get there early to get a seat because both years my daughter did the camp, it ended up being standing room only.

This music school is primarily for children - especially beginners. They don't have any teachers…read morethat have the musical knowledge of various genres to make them valuable to 40-something and 50-something year-old adults.

Superlative teacher and great guy in general to know! Has a lot of great guidance to share with you…read moreon your journey with your musical instrument. His basement studio and sound system is a big bonus; you'll get to hear yourself play in a very nice venue.