I want Peterborough Music to be decent, but the store falls short in a number of areas, and is more…read morea glorified lesson studio then it is a serious music store. The storefront is covered in signs to the point of aesthetically ruining the look of the store. You can barely see into the store due to all the signs. Once inside the interior of the store is cluttered and messy.They have no decent electric guitars or amps. The selection of strings and accessories is very minimal, and they are often out of the most popular brands of strings. I've also gone to the store during business hours on multiple occasions and found a "Be back in..." sign. This is unprofessional and inconsiderate to your customers. Musicians have band practice and shows to get to, they don't want to drive 10 minutes to a store that is suppose to be open, only to find it the store closed and have to turn around and go to the other local music store. It only takes this sort of negative experience happening once or twice before people will just stop shopping there. Even when the store is open, half the time they don't even have my brand/gauge of strings, which is the one of the most common brands. Peterborough Music is in a great location and has potential, but needs to clean the place up, stick to it's hours, and get the basics right.

I absolutely love this place. To the other guy (R.M.) who reviewed gave it 2 stars for complaining…read moreabout homemade signs is an idiot, plus they carry a lot of good brands and will special order anything, they also have really good prices on everything (especially since Eddy loves to charge less than the pricetag). This place is awesome, i'm heading over there right now. R.M. maybe you could take music lessons there, but it seems like interior decoration might be a more suitable career. 11/10 stars.

David Baker is a very kind man. He is also an excellent luthier. We have not met in person, but I…read morehave sent several students to his shop over the years and they always return with glowing reviews! A few years ago, a friend of mine owned a shop in Easthampton. His name is Ron Midgett. Ron could do any repair, rehair bows, had lots of instruments of good quality for sale at very reasonable prices. But then he retired and moved to Hawaii to grow herbs with his new wife. I spent a lot of time looking around for another similar luthier and was contacted out of the blue by David Baker, who was reaching out to teachers online. We exchanged emails and had a couple phone conversations and I have been sending students to him ever since. I can't think of a nicer guy to have service my violins!

My repair work is currently on his bench, so I can't comment on the final. But I am so far…read moreimpressed by his patience as well as his flexibility to deal with different styles and levels of instruments and their associated players.