I highly recommend Celestial Instruments! A few days ago, the business owner, Rick, helped me…read moreunderstand more about an accessory I needed for my acoustic guitar. He went above and beyond to assist me after regular business hours even though he knew I was not going to buy anything from his business. I truly appreciate Rick's friendliness, the education he provided me, and his willingness to help me understand more as a newbie. When I'm ready for additional or upgraded equipment, I will definitely seek him out!

Wonderful experience using Celestial Instruments to do a setup on an 82 Ibanez M310. Great customer…read moreservice, punctual drop off and pick up and quick turnaround. The guitar had been resting in its stand for many years without the attention it deserved. So sad. I have recently been inspired to play again and found that it was difficult to keep the guitar in tune. I recalled that when it was setup back in the 90's it resulted in an incredible sound and performance. It's back! Now I can strum my acoustic with great joy! Ha ha!

I have been a student with Joe from the beginning of my guitar and musical career. Started out…read moredoing guitar lessons. Learned everything from music theory to song writing to guitar repair. I then made the switch to a rock band mentor ship. Joe provides such a great learning environment that I was comfortable enough to try singing as-well. Good thing I did, because I love it! He cured my stage fright and taught me how to talk to the crowd. The rock and roll conservatory is a great school and is very affordable. I recommend it to everyone I know for all of their musical endeavors. At your own pace. Joe makes it very easy to learn.

From the owner: The Rock and Roll Conservatory (RnRC) is a facility dedicated to mentoring the next generation of…read moreinfluential artists. With a focus on the mentoring of students, as opposed to a conventional method of teaching, the RnRC develops more than just an understanding of music within its students. The RnRC works closely with each student to help them develop an understanding of themselves and help them learn how to apply that understanding to the exceptional music education received through the RnRC.

She is my favorite voice instructor. She has made it possible for me to take voice lessons…read moreaccording to my circumstances. Her techniques are current and challenging. I heard one of her students sing, and loved the rich sound and tone with the right amount of vibrato. I knew immediately that I needed to seek her voice teacher out and start voice lessons again. So here I am starting over again! Super teacher!

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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. :)

Super friendly and nice. Took time to explain things and offered suggestions. I will definitely…read morego back when I need any music supplies.

Fist time in the store, he helped me out with new guitar strings and answered all my newbie…read morequestions. Definitely will be back.

quite a drive for me living just south of Olympia, but well worth it, next time will give myself…read moremore time to enjoy the area & this amazing music shop. found Crossroads had the Martin in stock I was looking for thru the Martin website, had tried a big box music store near Seattle but pretty much ignored so walking into Crossroads & immediately greeted & attended to by Sara, one of the owners of the "mom & pop" musical instrument shop was very pleasant. The Martin Jr in stock was hanging with the other guitars was ready to play & she set me up to try it out. They had a good selection Martin accessories including a good assortment of guitar strings including the Martin brand so I also bought a spare set of the Martin LifeSpan Phosphor Bronze Light strings. I was short on time so did not get a chance to fully take in the ambience & experience of Dan & Sara's music store, but reading up on Crossroads before hand on their website & stepping into their store, I felt the warm embrace of some good vibes, and appreciate their community involvement in local music events in this very charming waterfront town. I like contributing to local businesses so I not only walked away with a very nice Martin acoustic electric guitar, it felt rewarding to give back. I hope to explore more of the Washington peninsula & look forward taking more time visiting Port Townsend & Crossroads Music.

Great selection! They had many more Ukes than your average Guitar Center and many higher end models…read moreincluding KK and Martin that can be hard to find even in Seattle and Bellevue. The owners were friendly and helpful and encouraged trying out different ideals. (I loved the wonderful KK baritone) and gave useful and helpful tips on restringing. My kind of music store - they are passionate about their stuff and it shows.

As a recreational player, the time had come to part with the big boy toys. Both vintage acoustics…read morewere appraised on the spot and consigned also with generous (up to comparison) figures. A solid business deal; ideal if they sell. Sad to let go but good things end too, just like us. Only drawback was the location, a trademark Tacoma style spot to this "northerner". The fact that St Helens Street splits by design was strange and unsettling. To the owner the location is prime property even next to the tavern dive next door. It works for him. No knocks, since parking was in front at no cost. Try that elsewhere! A great deal for guitar and band fans. Need more of these elsewhere in the vicinity.

Great experience. Amazing just to talk to the owner. My son lives the bass guitar we bought and the…read morehistory he learned.

I own several Taylor trumpets and I took all of them in to get a thorough cleaning and also to get…read morethe valves more responsive. Sam couldn't have been more gracious and informative and kind. I received all my instruments back in Superior condition then when I submitted them to him. My son took lessons from that old bearded man that a one star below complained about. My son adored that man. Unfortunately the old guy passed away and the world is a sorrier place without him. I've read through all these comments and it's striking how most of them are five star with a few four stars and then there's several one stars. When you see mostly five and four stars and then a scattering of one star you need to understand that those are people that won't be happy no matter what you do for them. I highly recommend Sam and music trader and you can feel confident that he will not only take care of your instruments as if they were his own, you're going to get them back working better than when you took them in.

I just want to say a special Thank You to this business. I went in this morning because my son's…read moresaxophone had a bent key. The young gentlemen looked it over, touched it a few times and fixed it. Didn't even charge me. Really appreciate your help and generosity. If we mess up our instruments again we'll go to you first.

I've been taking lessons at the Federal Way School of Music for about a year and am really pleased…read morewith my progress! I wasn't sure if I would enjoy going to music lessons as an adult, but found that it's been incredibly interesting and the instructor's done an incredible job of keeping things fresh as we've progressed! Would definitely recommend.

We paid for 30 min piano for my 5 year old once a week. If my son didn't love his teacher, I would…read morehave cancelled sooner since they are worse than your average doctor's office. Back to back lessons with other students where we never get the full 30 minutes. She also just taught out of a lesson book from Amazon so if the lesson of the week only took 10 minutes, she would end the class early. Since my son is a beginner I can teach him from this book. She should have just taught as many pages as she could fit in especially since my son understood the concepts. Not worth $140 a month at all.

Go here!!!! Very very helpful and friendly staff. They…read moregenuinely wanted to help me get the best deal and did not try to upsell me on anything, which was a relief. They weren't condescending to me as a beginner either, and gave me the information I needed. Great atmosphere, super chill and laidback. Incredible prices too. I got a fender amp for half the price of what it would be at other shops.

I came in looking for a small travel size guitar. Hannah welcomed me with a smile and took time to…read morefind me exactly the guitar that would fit my needs. She (and Darren) gave me expert advice, and I ended up with a guitar that was great. They even did a pro set up on the guitar (awesome service BTW!!) Highly recommended!!!