I've come here for jam sessions, workshops, and just to plain shop for music supplies. The staff is…read moresuper friendly and helpful and the prices are reasonable. I've never done a lesson but from looking at their pricing and options as a musician myself, I think the variety of options and pricing is very fair. If you want to support a great local business, Lakewood Music Academy is the place.

I was disappointed at their rental services. My daughter has just started playing violin, so we…read morerented a 1/2 size violin there. Since we were not knowledgeable about violin, we completely trusted on them. However, I realized how bad the violin they rented was, and the strings and bow were old. Her tutor said that a rental store usually lends a violin with at least new strings and bow. It was a used Lark (brand). I found that the price for a used one was around $100 on ebay, but their selling price was more than $400. I terminated the contract after three months. It was not a pleasant experience.

My cello's seams were coming apart and needed re gluing. I called, we set up an appointment, Chris…read morenoted several separations, quoted a price and availability. I picked the cello up in 2 days, it sounds great (no more rattling), the price was as quoted, and he cleaned up the cello, too. Very good!

Timely, professional, and execute their work with high standards. They took my son's cheap violin…read moreand enhanced it so nicely and affordably for us while also being able to provide him a better shoulder rest and lesson book, making it a perfect one-stop shop. Additionally, my son takes violin lessons and we feel Mr. Fayette is one of the best teachers we've ever come in contact with-- patient, encouraging, and goal-setting for the individual student's needs. Highly, highly recommend! Don't let the disgruntled review before mine deter you. I understand the frustration, but the men who run this shop have families and can obviously adjust their store hours as they need to. In my experience, calling ahead of time to check store is open before you make a long drive there is helpful!

Cleveland Violins rehaired my violin bow beautifully and at a reasonable price. The work was…read morecompleted ahead of schedule.

I cannot recommend Cleveland Violins enough. If I could give them 10/5 stars I totally would!…read more I got my bass from Cleveland Violins around 2008, when I was in high school. She's been everywhere with me - the most recent move being to my new house this past summer. I've been in apartments the past 9 years, and now finally have plenty of space for a good set up for her. Problem is, our house is 150 years old, cold, and drafty. One night in February, my fiancé and I heard a loud noise upstairs, and didn't think much of it, since the house is usually pretty creaky...until the next morning when I realized what had happened. There was now a 6 inch crack down the front of my bass. I PANICKED - I had no idea what to do, or if it would be safe for me to move her without furthering the crack. So I reached out to Cleveland Violins, sent them a photo, and they told me they could fix it relatively inexpensively. THANK GOD. So I took her in. Two days later they called me to tell me that the damage was much more extensive than they initially thought. That they'd have to take the top off, and address a few other issues I hadn't noticed. That this type of fix would take a few weeks, and would typically cost $2,000. My heart SANK because I love my bass but in no way could afford to spend that much on a repair, I'd have to sell her. So I'm on the phone with CV, totally ready to bawl my eyes out, and then they decided to make me cry, but for a totally different reason - they told me they would consider this a warranty repair, at no cost to me, because, despite the time that had elapsed since I bought her, they stand by their product. I got my bass back this weekend, and she looks beautiful. I offered to pay CV something, but they wouldn't hear of it. So I left, crying again, and 100% a loyal lifetime customer. I cannot thank them enough and HIGHLY recommend them to anyone looking for a place to purchase or repair a stringed instrument. They do high quality work, and their customer service and passion for what they do is beyond excellent. I'm a very happy customer!

Brad the owner is an amazing musician and a special person. He is a dedicated teacher who creates…read moreskill and confidence in his students. My son started with Brad at the age of 10. He is now an amazing guitar player. He and Brad have become lifelong friends and they have played together in a band that Brad created. I can't recommend this business highly enough. If you're looking for an excellent person to work with you or your child Brad is the best you will find !

I've been playing for over 40 years and I've trusted Ron Zehel's since it was located in Amherst…read more I've gotten good deals and excellent advice. I recommend this store. Mike Walbom

Hello. So my son took lessons and performed with this outfit for 6 damn years. Through middle…read moreschool and high school. We added up about 7000.00 + - thats seven thousand dollars- of our business. . While it was good for his suffering self esteem at the time- and he did enjoy it because of that, there is no follow up people. Once the payments stop for the "lessons", so dies the camaraderie and the support, and actually- any communication at all. I just feel like - they charge a ridiculous tuition, build them up - so that they are convinced that they can become rockstars in adulthood- they get bit hard by the music and performing bug- and then they are forgotten about. A big chunk of his life and our bank account is spent there- and then what follows is nothing but disappointment and struggles and disillusionment. Three stars because they did serve the purpose at the time and nice people who seem to care- as long as the check payments kept coming.

Fun, friendly atmosphere- great staff of instructors. Everyone is great with the kids and great…read morewith music!

What a find! You take an amazing selection and pair it with a friendly and knowledgeable staff…read morethat is filled with passion for not just music but the art and hardware that goes with it and you have The Vinyl Groove Records shop in Cleveland. Good stuff!! Go there!

do not visit this terrible little store. when i told a fellow customer, accurately, that a Frank…read moreOcean record was an "unofficial pressing," the clerk snapped at me after they left, "why say anything?!". he berated me until i put the armload of records i had planned to buy on the counter and walked out. all of this while a springsteen greatest hits comp blared over tinny speakers. on the shelves, there were a few values, because he doesn't know what he has in genres that aren't rock. but i am devoted to going to record stores, and i actually think this was the single worst experience i have ever had, number one.

I play a flute from here and the flute has lasted for decades! (3 generations) Buy instruments from…read morehere and go learn a instrument!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

It definitely seems like the bread and butter of this shop is dedicated to outfitting and…read moremaintaining the Lakewood High School band(s) -- maybe not, but that's the vibe I always get when I'm in here. But every time I've been in here to get stuff for my own (semi) grown-up band, they've been nice as all get-out and offered to order stuff if I didn't see it. I hope they don't have a lack of business, because this kind of local music shop, the kind I grew up with, are endangered species nowadays.

Sadly, Peter Horn passed away at least four years ago. I had the honor of having him work on a…read morecouple of my violins. But even more importantly, I sat and listened to him talk about life, his beautiful family, his time in Germany during the Second World War . His compassion, honesty, & humility left a deep impression. It was only a few hours but I felt like I had known him forever. He made you feel welcomed.

You will curse me, as you stand in front of this modest home, on a modest street in this often…read moreimmodest little town, thinking, "There is NO way this is the right place. NO way there's a violin shop in this or in any other structure within a hundred miles of this one. You lie, sir. And, further, you choose questionable attire." I accept, in advance, your apology. For this is, in fact the right place. Peter Horn, a man of infinite wisdom, knowledge and ability, works and lives here. People speak of a "life's work" in a way that places it in another time, long ago, as if it were something we modernists might find unattainable, perhaps even unnecessary. Mr. Horn's life work is the stringed instrument. His shop is an old-world throwback, filled high and low, nook and cranny, with all things musically wooden. A phalanx of mahogany-dark double basses aside the entrance. Delicate violins in every state of manufacture and repair hang from the ceiling. Hand-crafted bows designed and built for your hand, only. My double bass had fallen into disrepair at the hands of a neanderthal; it needed just one thing. Everything. Peter Horn took out his ancient, tiny ledger book, on whose pages were written in a steady, thoughtful hand prices for all his services. I was floored. All this, and you're giving away your talents, for pennies on the dollar? I could not have imagined the complete resurrection of this instrument, but HE did. Now, the sound approximates the music of the spheres, nothing less. Please. Support this business. If an ivory-billed woodpecker, say, showed up in your yard, would you do everything you could to save it from extinction? Of course. So do the right thing. "I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet." -- Niccolo "Magic Fingers" Paganini