Instead of ordering online with another big box music store or directly from Fender, thought I'd do…read moremy business here to help local employment, as Fender's online store listed them as an authorized Fender dealer, before that never knew about this chain but glad I found them. Not only did they have the getting hard to find Fender Mustang Micro guitar headphone amp, but discounted from list $119 to $99. Sales person Francisco was great, sale had just ended but display case still had the sale price so he honored it like all stores should. By the way, this little Fender Mustang Micro is an amazing little guitar headphone amp & it's rechargeable instead of eating up batteries...

I brought a trumpet in with a stuck mouthpiece. The salesman crushed in the bell bow of the…read moretrumoet while he worked to remove the moithpiece. While they offered to have their inhouse repair tech fix the damage, the refused conversation for me to send my instrument to my regular repair tech. I contend that if the face of their company is so inept as to damage an instrument while removing a mouthpiece, how can they be trusted any further.

We purchased a used sax for my son a couple months ago. Was told we get a free inspection and…read moreadjustment, including up to 2 new pads. We left it with them and picked it up a little later. Fast forward 2 months and my son is complaining now that his skills have increased and his private instructor said to get it checked out. We dropped a light inside in a dark room and there is light everywhere with the keys closed. If you press really hard you can get rid of most but not all of the light. Paying Ted Brown $225 to get a couple new pads, a hole leveled, and a couple bent keys fixed. My son has babied this thing so I know it's not new damage. I doubt they actually looked at it. Buyer beware. Otherwise we are happy with the purchase, just won't be going here for servicing.

Great staff that are happy to answer questions without pressure or expectation that you'll buy…read moreright this second. They act like they'd rather make a connection with you so in the long run they become your music store, not just a big box shop.

I stopped in here to get a violin i got off craigslist looked at and the staff were all super…read morefriendly and very informative. They obviously do this for a living but it's so amazing to see people be able to look at an instrument and understand it so quickly. As someone that is just learning a violing i really appreciated that they took the time to look over my random instriment and recommend a few fixes and explained why they were important. Some things can wait as I am just learning in my free time but others like a separating fingerboard are important for playing in general so it was nice to be guided a bit on their necessity. Ultimately it is my decision what to fix and took them up on the fingerboard and it looks great! Really love it. I was also surprised that they cleaned my case. Because I just got it, I hadn't taken the time to clean the inside yet and was pleasantly surprised to see it had been cleaned. Feels like a nice personal touch 10/10. Will def go back for any more work I get done or if I want to upgrade instruments

Spent a small fortune to restore my mothers violin to send to my niece for her to play in her high…read moreschool orchestra - but totally worth it. The shop keepers are friendly and know their craft.

I just bought a 1908 refurbished Story & Clark upright piano from these guys, and I couldn't be…read morehappier. This is a small family-owned business with honest, reliable, and very friendly owners. Since we live on the same side of town as the music shop, the piano was tuned and then delivered for free. Curt (the owner) even came out later that day to fix some sticky keys that revealed themselves after extensive first-day-home playing. :)

From the owner: Sales of new & used pianos, organs & digital pianos. Piano…read moremoving Piano lessons

Tim Cromwell is an excellent teacher. Friendly, honestly cares about the children he is teaching,…read moreand also patient yet firm. His method of teaching is great and I do not struggle getting my daughter to practice the piano and she looks forward to her lessons. She's only had one recital andTim made it very special; all the other students performing seemed to love him as well. You won't be disappointed if you get your children or yourself lessons with him.

Tim is very friendly, knowledgable, and professional. My child has enjoyed working with him and has…read morelearned a lot. The lessons have enhanced her confidence and experience in theater productions and she received a leading role in the spring musical.

I have two kids with two very different personalities taking piano lessons with Shawn. He does…read moregreat with both. He's patient and kind and recognizes when they take an interest in something. I like sitting in the building while they have lessons and listening to one of the very talented vocal teachers as well as the other instruments we have heard playing (guitar, flute, etc.). Convenient location and parking isn't hard to find. The building isn't shiny and new but it has what you need. :)

We have been with Sound Studios since the beginning and with Mr Meloy for 2 years now. My child…read morehas come so far in her piano playing and musicality. Mr. Meloy is patient and works hard to personalize the lessons and training to my child's needs. I highly recommend Sound Studios Olympia and Mr. Meloy.

I reached out to this local music store for advice on my two ukaleles. They are family heirlooms…read morethat I guess are each at least 70 years old. Since I don't know what I don't know, I was given information about them from two lovely gentlemen Jeff and Brian. Thank you both for your sense of humor, information on how to travel with them safely and also your outstanding customer service. Thank you again!

We very helpful with replacing a string I had popped on a violin I had checked out from the…read morelibrary. The library had just gotten the violin recently, but didn't include rosin. The staff were nice enough to donate a piece of rosin for the library's instrument, and helped replace the string, and tuned afterwards. :)

As one of the Gallery Boom artists I can say, I have found my happy place. I am also the artist…read morethat runs the watercolor class Thursday and Friday Check my social media for times. RayTen Creative Design. Hope to see ya soon.

Wow! What a discovery this place was! I didn't even have Gallery Boom on my list of bookmarks in…read moreOlympia. We just happened to park by it as we were going to explore and grab a bite to eat in downtown Olympia. I asked the cashier how long the place has been around and I was told it's been around for about two years. I'm a bit shocked that no Yelp entry has been made yet. Gallery Boom is a gallery that features over 100 local artists and virtually all of the work here is for sale. The prices on a great deal of the art pieces asked by the artists seem very reasonable. Since this gallery features so many artists the variety on what type of art there is here is quite vast. I bought several things here... a dried mushroom under glass, a purple crystal, a Christmas ornament with moss in it, a UFO rear view mirror hanging ornament and the bigger purchase a small lamp. Pictures of most of those things to follow. I was very excited to get this lamp as the artist makes all kinds of sizes of lamps that are inspired by sci-fi, UFO's, the Space Needle and other similar building structures like it. I first came across these lamps at another Olympia art gallery, Matter Art Gallery. That gallery has since gone defunct and I was very sad to no longer see these lamps but now I know a great physical location to go to for these lamps (the same artist like many of the other artist either have their own website, a point of contact or an Etsy account as well). It was great reconnecting with those artistic lamps again! The cashier said that reaching out to nearly all of the artists is easy and they are very receptive to communicating with the public. This also reflects onto the gallery itself as it doesn't come across stuffy or pretentious in the slightest. The cashier also mentioned that the art for sale can rotate out relatively quickly and that their is almost always something new to examine in a relatively short amount of time. Not only that but one pass down the aisles here just doesn't seem to do it justice. It seems like each time you walk where you already were you see something that didn't catch your eye the first time. So you can spend a lot of time here just doing that. I'm totally addicted to this place! I am SO coming back here but I'm going to wait maybe several weeks to a month for new art pieces to get brought in. If nothing else I'm most likely going to buy another one of those lovely lamps!