Friendly and timely service. They repaired my vintage Yamaha piano and I am very pleased with the…read moreresults.

In the market for a Yamaha U series for a housewarming gift. Wayne was excellent with his unbiased…read morerecommendations. If you are in San Diego shopping for a piano, your one & only stop is Convoy Piano.

Extremely friendly and helpful staff. They focus on school orchestras which somewhat limits what…read morethey have available both in terms of instruments and sheet music.

Bertrand's Music is a music store focused on "school band & orchestra sales, rentals, lessons, and…read morerepair," as stated on their website. Our middle school band teachers works with Bertrand's Music exclusively and I understand that they trust them. The store itself looks nice. They had some instruments for sale displayed, along with music books. They have rooms for lessons in the back. The parking lot is usually congested though and parking is not easy. Our experience is only with getting an instrument repair quote from them. I'm sure the lessons and rentals are just fine here, but we would not exactly recommend Bertrand's for repairs, especially if you weren't even referred to come here by your school band for an instrument that belongs to the school. They have to ship out the instrument somewhere off site to even give us a quote, and we had to wait ten business days just to hear back that the instrument was unsalvageable and not worth repairing. They were unable to provide us with any written detail of what exactly needed to be repaired and what the cost would be. I'm not sure why they do it like this, because it appears a bit unprofessional. If you're looking for someone to repair a specific instrument that you own, we don't think this is the perfect place to bring it. It would probably be best to find someone who specializes in repairing that instrument to do it on site. Repairs were just one aspect of their business and it's technically a relationship between the school band and Bertrand's, so it didn't bother us. The staff were very nice and accommodating, and we appreciated that. They provided us with a receipt that the school needed, and it was as simple as that. Thank you!

This store is absolutely amazing! We searched far and wide and finally found a perfect piano for…read moreour son. The owner Yen is the most honest salesperson you'll ever meet and we will definitely buy from him again!

I reached out to Yen via Facebook marketplace regarding a specific piano and he was extremely…read moreresponsive and transparent, providing me a wide variety of options to choose from without being pushy. Based on my research around Yamaha pianos I think their pricing is overall pretty good/competitive. I blind purchased (tried same model in a different showroom) a used Yamaha YUS-1 and had it delivered to the San Francisco Bay Area because we don't have a lot of stock for that model in this area. Despite a small delay seemingly out of their control the whole process / logistics went really smoothly and I wouldn't hesitate to purchase from them again.

The San Diego Music and Art Company is a top notch school for teaching both music and art. The…read moreowner, Mat is a classically trained pianist and one of the best local musicians in San Diego. He only hires the highest quality musicians and artists. For art classes Victor and Olga are both incredible teachers and highly experienced visual artists. Both are professional artists in addition to teaching classes. I work with teen artists and often get requests for classes for younger artists and refer all of them to SDMAAC's sister location, The Escondido Music and Art Company. Many parents have sent emails about how happy their kids have been with the classes. They also put on amazing concerts! I am grateful they chose Escondido for the 2nd location.

Had such a great experience recording with Mat Raker here at SDMAA! His no bs attitude really…read moresimplifies the process, along with his experience and musical expertise. Really adaptable to my skill level which is very very beginner, and affordable too. I'll definitely be back to record more.

Today is 01/02/25, Thursday, the day after New Year's Day. It's 11:15am that I'm writing this…read morereview. I've been waiting for 15 mins for the store to open even though the hours say they open at 11:00 am. Their voicemail is full but the recording also says 11:00 am opening. Their website says open at 11:00 am. I'm not quite sure if everything says the store should be open but they aren't open. I purposefully came here to get my guitar strung with fresh strings. I wanted to support local stores specifically. The worker came in around 11:18 am. We all have hard days. I only dinged one star because truthfully it was only one worker for the whole store he was very very apologetic... He cleaned, oiled, and strung my guitar. He took his time and carefully did everything while also having to man the whole store by himself! He apologized profusely when he had to step away to help customers. I could be upset set, but it's the beginning of the year and we're all human. $12 for full restring (all 6 strings) you pay for the cost of the strings you want put on. I chose Elixir for my acoustic electric and those run around $20-ish bucks

It took some convincing (most of last school year), but my 5th grader "decided" to play an…read moreinstrument this year--the violin! Yay! Our school provided a list of required items, based on the instrument selected. They also listed local places where parents can go to rent or buy an instrument. Disappointingly, both of the recommended places are owned by the same big company that has been absorbing local shops the last few years. So I busted out Yelp on my phone and Music Central came up as an option. I gave this shop a call and Charlie was kind enough to answer all of my questions over the phone. He left a great first impression from the different shops I reached out to that morning. I decided to take the afternoon off from work and pick up my daughter early during her minimum day so we could see Charlie while he was working--glad I did! Charlie answered more of my questions and measured my daughter for her first violin (insert proud parent tears of joy here). We discussed rental terms and Charlie answered another round of questions to help make me very comfortable signing a contract. I like how standard repairs (like string replacement) and maintenance (like tuning) are included with my rental. And I LOVE how I can "trade in" my rental for the next size up instrument (in similar condition) without breaking my contract! During our first visit we picked up a few of the required accessories listed for the violin and Charlie gave his recommendations on what is really needed to help save me some money up front. As a dad on a budget, this was much appreciated. This shop has a large collection of acoustic and electric guitars in the back. There are also lots and lots of music sheets in stock too. Much to my surprise, Music Central also has a large collection of ukuleles from different manufacturers. My eldest daughter has been interested in ukuleles for years (we have owned a few inexpensive ones to foster her exploration of this instrument) so this may be the focus a future visit. I mentioned this to Charlie and he shared that he teaches ukulele for the shop. How cool is that?! Thanks for an awesome first visit Charlie! Looking forward to a long relationship with Music Central to help my daughters make beautiful music.

Ryan is professional and seasoned. Right off the bat he asked questions the other 6 companies I…read morecalled did not ask. This made me more at ease and his schedule was flexible enough that we were able to move our piano in less than a week. He was fair in his pricing and competitive to others in San Diego. Day of the move all went smoothly and the piano was moved with great care and patience. Would recommend this company and will be hiring Ryan again when services are needed.

Ryan and Nathan were incredible moving our baby grand. They worked like a well- oiled machine. They…read morewere terrific and so accommodating. I felt they really went above and beyond. I'm so glad I found them!

MrMiguel!!! You sir were absolutely AH'mazing in assisting our family picking-out a new Roland…read morepiano - even to the extent of assuring we got all the "perfect" add-ons, was nothing but A DREAM!! Miguel was so honest, kind, helpful, patient and most of all FUN during our spontaneous trip! That's the kind of service you only "hope" to receive in this day-in-age! THANK YOU Miguel for ALL you-do, we cannot WAIT to see you again upon pick-up of our newest funnest addition to our jammin-out family..sincerely the happiest Yuma/EastCounty Miles/Flowers family :o)

EDIT: My statement remains but literally the only person at this location who even deserves a job…read moreis CODY. Everyone else can learn from the guy who's only been there for a year. These guys don't care about their customers. Not even customers dropping $2k in a day. No inspections on used gear. They won't look at anything but a guitar. They won't even offer a dolly to get your stuff out to your car after purchase. If your amp isn't working they suggest sending it in to GC for weeks to months on end or just returning it. Pretty tough for a busy musician to just give up their gear that was clearly not inspected before selling it. The service in general? Every associate you up walk to points you in an arbitrary direction and tells you "they can help you over there". Been stuck so deeply in a hard spot because the gear I bought is faulty and there's nothing they'll do about it so I either have to spend MORE money getting it fixed or return this stuff and hope to find something to replace it immediately. Such a hassle. Worst staff on the planet.

Hiroko has such an amazing voice! I was blown away when I heard her sing opera. Her voice is so…read morepowerful that it sends chills up your spine. If you're looking for an instructor, look mo further! Not only can she sing, but she has a personality that makes you gravitate towards her!

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