I found a fantastic shop for new sheet music whilst I was on holiday - it was only small but they crammed masses of music into it, and also a really good range of musical gifts and accessories. I can thoroughly recommend it if you're in the area - it's a bit out of town but well worth going to - Gillian Greig Music just outside Taunton.

Has anyone else got any music shops they'd like to recommend people to visit if they're in the area???

(NB. If you have any recommendations for shops selling *second-hand* sheet music, there's a separate thread called Great Little Shops for Second-hand Sheet Music )


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List updated to Post #93 and also includes shops mentioned on various other threads.


NORTH/NORTH EAST
BEVERLEY: Beverley Music Centre
BRADFORD: Early Music Shop (instruments, sheet music, CDs)
BRADFORD: The Woodwind Exchange (instruments)
CLECKHEATON: The Music Room, www.themusicroom-online.co.uk (folk instruments, guitars)
DARLINGTON: George Gladstone, www.georgegladstone.co.uk (woodwind, brass, keyboards, sheet music)
DERBY: Foulds (instruments, sheet music)
HARROGATE: ABC Music, 192 Kings Road, HG1 5JG, 01423 817 700 www.harrogate.abcmusic.co.uk (instruments, sheet music)
HARROGATE: Music House, 18 Cheltenham Parade, HG1 1DB, 01423 705770 (instruments, sheet music)
LEEDS: John Scheerer & Sons, Merrion Centre (instruments, sheet music)
NEWCASTLE: Windows Music Shop, Central Arcade
NEWCASTLE: JG Windows
POCKLINGTON: Pocklington Music
YORK: Banks (instruments, sheet music, gifts, accessories)


NORTH WEST
BOLTON: Boothes
BOLTON: Hawker & Howarth
ECCLES: Drum Centre
FALLOWFIELD: Alan Gregory
LIVERPOOL: Music Notes, North John Street, http://www.music-notes.net/
MANCHESTER: Forsyth's (sheet music, pianos. orchestral and band instruments)
MANCHESTER: Johnny Roadhouse/Hobgoblin, Oxford Road
MANCHESTER: Sound Control, M602 (electronic stuff and some guitars)
MANCHESTER: Sound Control, Oxford Road (guitars and resident luthier)
MANCHESTER: Paul Ayers, Didsbury (makes and repairs violins, violas and cellos)
MANCHESTER: The Music Box, Bury Old Road (Yamaha pianos, and a few other makes, and piano stools)
MORECAMBE: Promenade Music (music, instruments), www.promenademusic.co.uk


MIDLANDS/EAST ENGLAND/HOME COUNTIES
BANBURY: One Man Band (guitars)
BIRMINGHAM: Turner Violins, Digbeth
BIRMINGHAM: MIR (Musical Instrument Repairs)
BISHOPS FROME (Worcestershire): Allegro Music, www.allegro.co.uk (organ music specialists)
BEACONSFIELD (Bucks): Strings
BURY ST EDMUNDS: Balaam's Music (mixed recommendations!)
CAMBRIDGE: Brian Jordan Music, Green Street
CAMBRIDGE: Cambridge Pianoforte Centre and Music Gallery, Kings Hedges Road, http://www.cambridgemusic.net/
CAMBRIDGE: Millers
CAMBRIDGE: Wood Wind & Reed (helpful on phone but not visited)
HITCHIN: Myatts
LEICESTER: Sheehan's
LINCOLN: Counterpoint Music
NORWICH: Topjoint
NOTTINGHAM: Windblowers
OXFORD: Blackwell's Music Shop, Broad Street (sheet music, CDs, books, gifts)
RUGBY: Freeman and Neale (MAY HAVE CLOSED)
STOURBRIDGE: MIR
WARE: Play SomeThing (pianos, instruments)
WORCESTERSHIRE: Vale Pianos


LONDON
Howarths (instruments)
London Recorder Centre (sheet music)
sax.co.uk (instruments)
Topwind
Barbican: Chimes Music, www.chimesmusic.com
Charing Cross Road: Foyles music dept (sheet music)
Cranbourne Street: The Spanish Guitar Centre (guitars)
Denmark Street: Argents (sheet music)
Denmark Street: World of Drums (drums)
East Dulwich: The South London Music Shop
Duke Street: The London Guitar Studio (guitars)
Great Marlborough Street: Schotts (sheet music)
Kensington: Kensington Chimes, www.chimesmusic.com
Marylebone High Street: Chimes (sheet music), www.chimesmusic.com/
Marylebone Road - Royal Academy of Music: Chimes (sheet music), www.ram.ac.uk/about/shop.htm
Muswell Hill: Les Aldrich
Northcote Road: Northcote Road Music Shop
Piccadilly Circus: Footes
152-160 Wardour Streeet, W1F 8YA: Chappells (instruments, sheet music, CDs)
60-61 Warren Street: All Flutes Plus, www.allflutesplus.co.uk
16 Wigmore Street): Brittens Music, www.brittensmusic.co.uk


SOUTH EAST
COLCHESTER: Mann's Music
CROYDON: Just Flutes
CROYDON: Martin Phelps
KENT (Tonbridge Wells): Brittens, www.brittensmusic.co.uk
KENT/SOUTH LONDON: The Bookshop, New Ash Green, Longfield, 01474 874194
SURREY (Haslemere) - Chamberlains (new/secondhand instruments, rental, repairs, sheet music, accessories, gifts)
SURREY (West Byfleet) : Brittens, www.brittensmusic.co.uk


SOUTH/SOUTH WEST
BATH: Duck Son and Pinker/Milsom & Son's, Milsom Street/High Street
BRISTOL: Hobgoblin Bristol (Musicroom), 30 College Green, BS1 5TB, 0117 929 0902, www.hobgoblin.com/bristol (instruments, sheet music, CDs)
BRISTOL: Providence Music, 1 St Georges Road, BS1 5UL, 0117 927 6536, www.providencemusic.co.uk (serious sheet music, CDs)
BRISTOL: Music Room
BRISTOL: Mickleburgh Pianos
CLEVEDON: Clevedon Music Shop
CORNWALL (Hayle): Kershaw Music
GLOUCESTERSHIRE: Fullers, Cinderford (string music, mail order)
EXETER: Music Room
SALISBURY: Music Room (formerly Percy Priors) (beginner instruments, sheet music)
TAUNTON: Gillian Greig Music, 44 Kingston Road, Taunton TA2 7SG, 01823 333317 (sheet music, gifts, accessories)
TAUNTON: John Packers (Brass and Woodwind specialists)


SCOTLAND
GLASGOW: Biggars, Sauchiehall Street (re-opened)
GLASGOW: McCormacks, Bath Street
EDINBURGH: The Wind Section (instruments)
INVERNESS: The Music Shop

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I always go to Chappells for my sheet music Or if it's flute music, there's All Flutes Plus and Just Flutes quite near me.

I always go to Music Room (formerly Percy Priors) in Salisbury, which is good for sheet music and beginner instruments. The name may have changed but the staff are still as knowledgable and helpful as ever and it's easy and quick to order any music they don't have in

Gillian Greig is my second favourite music shop - 2nd only because of distance. It takes me half an hour to get there, and 15 mins to get to my favourite one. If you want to buy from them you can fill in the query form on their website; they ring you within a couple of hours with an answer and you can then order over the phone. They're quick and efficient, and I always love a trip to the shop. Highly recommended.

My favourite has less stock than Gillian Greig, but still has more than enough to choose from - it's the Clevedon Music shop. I've shopped with them for years, and they've always treated me well. Half the shop is given over to selling guitars, amplifiers etc so there's something for everyone.

Sanders recorder shop is in Bristol, skylark. However, I think he is giving up the presence on the high street and will be runing the business from home. If you check out the website, it says there what his plans are.

Hi, I seem to visit this shop more than the local supermarket! - Very useful!
Taunton: John Packers
Brass and Woodwind specialists.

The web site says they're finishing on the high street at the end of September so I've left them off the list, thanks for the info.


I'm not sure which town All Flutes Plus and Allegro Music (Herefordshire) are based in - can anyone confirm please?


Thanks for the additons, and if anyone wants to correct any of the info in my first post, please feel free to let me know

If anyone from MIR is reading this, WHyyyyy did you ahev e go and close your Worcester shop????????????

That place was excellent. They even had a springer spaniel to play with while you were waiting to be served. They still have a Stourbridge shop, which I would imagine is excellent

All Flutes Plus is based in Central London...basically the West End in Warren Street, easy to get to by undeground or bus and always used to be an excellent shop.

http://www.allflutesplus.co.uk/2006/location/contact.htm

Cant help re the other one but hope this helps...

Oh here you go...I think this is what you are looking for....

http://www.allegro.co.uk/about_us.html

Thanks, I've amended the first post.

Just a correction: Chappell is on Wardour street now:
152-160 WARDOUR STREET , LONDON W1F 8YA


BRISTOL:
Providence Music (serious sheet music, CDs)
1 St Georges Road
Bristol
BS1 5UL
Tel: 0117 927 6536
Fax: 0117 927 6680
Email: shop@providencemusic.co.uk
http://www.providencemusic.co.uk/

BRISTOL:
Hobgoblin Bristol (Musicroom) (classical and popular sheet music, CDs, instruments)
30 College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TB
Open 9.30am - 5.30pm
Monday to Saturday
Tel: 0117 929 0902
http://www.hobgoblin.com/bristol/index.php

Thanks, I've amended Chappells and added the two Bristol ones.

LOL, remember when we got lost trying to find it and had to peg it across Taunton for the train? That was quite funny...

Also Duck Son and Pinker in Bath, which is linked to Milsom & Son's, on Milsom Street / High Street, Bath.

It's WELL cool.

Mann's Music in Colchester

Helpful, cheerful and quick - I only know them from ordering by telephone for music to be sent to France but their service has always been very good.

McCormacks in Glasgow (Bath Street) and Biggars also in Glasgow (Sauchiehall Street). They're the only ones i ever get to - and even then i still have to travel 2.5 hours!

Moi, j'adore Banks (York) and Scheerers (Leeds) but you seem to have done the job for me here so no bother!

A shop i use when im in the area, although not often is Balaam's Music

In Bury st edmunds

Do the sell Sheep Music???

Oh dear.

WARE, Herts. Play SomeThing is a small but very friendly shop selling pianos, instruments etc but parking can be dodgy.

Angie

[quote name='skylark' date='Aug 22 2007, 12:24 PM' post='576455']


I found a fantastic shop for new sheet music whilst I was on holiday - it was only small but they crammed masses of music into it, and also a really good range of musical gifts and accessories. I can thoroughly recommend it if you're in the area - it's a bit out of town but well worth going to - Gillian Greig Music just outside Taunton.


Their telephone/postal service is fantastic. The stuff usually arrives next day... and the people there are incredibly helpful.

Brian Jordan Music, Green Street, Cambridge.

They look a Proper Serious Music Shop from the outside so it took me several visits to Cambridge to get the courage to go in. But in fact it turned out to be lovely - an upstairs full of secondhand music, a downstairs which had eight shelves of recorder music (I was a happy bunny), and a great big noticeboard for adverts for teachers, instruments, etc. They have a website and they supply summer school music postage free which is nice.

And, when I was there, service from a person who my husband said was remarkably close to being Bernard Black from Black Books, if only he'd had the accent

I will add another vote for Brian Jordan. I think I know who you mean by the Bernard Black lookalike, it hadn't occured to me but I can see what you mean. In his defence when I asked him for Presto for Cello and Piano by Janacek (a request which had defeated all the other music shops in Cambridge) it took him about 5 seconds to pull out a book with it in so I think he's pretty knowledgeable (or just a cellist perhaps).

Millers is mentioned in the summary list at the top of the thread but, to me, they are just a very ordinary music shop. I may be underestimating them though.

One of our favourite shops is Johnny Roadhouse on Oxford Road in Manchester. Hobgobblin is upstairs there too. Boothes of Bolton is quite good, not got masses of Music, the staff are helpful though.

Nearly forgot aboput the Drum Centre in Eccles for all the Percussionists. The girls won't take me there because last time I banged the Gong . Didn't realise how loud it would be

What are the two shops down for Harrogate (North East) like?

I quite like Music House - space-wise it's smaller than Scheerers but it seems less cramped and the music is laid out better so I find it a pleasanter browsing experience.

I only discovered ABC when I was doing this thread so I haven't been to it yet. Will try and get there some time but my next trip will be to Banks in York - you really can't beat it !

As I discovered upon taking mwl1 to The Music Shop in Inverness - 'less than impressed' doesn't even touch the surface!

I must admit we're a bit spoilt with having Banks more or less on the doorstep Some time I'd like to go to some of the London shops which people have mentioned, and it would be great if I could organise things so that I can call in to Cambridge to go to Brian Jordans when I pass on the way to or from Woodford Green - I've heard so much about BJ and the video is just superb I'll try and find it from another thread and do a link....

Edit:

This is a link to one of the threads about Brian Jordan's shop, and this is a link to the other thread which has a link to THIS VIDEO about Brian Jordans Love it!

Ah yes. Until recently, the only music shops I had ever used were the two in Inverness, which I thought were fabulous. When I was on holiday I ended up in Chapells in London - a slight case of the 'child in a sweet shop' syndrome kicked in!

millers always have a huge sale on sheet music

I don't know where ABC is but I can locate the Music House - it's near the theatre isn't it - on the hill!

Thanks Skyers!

Banks rocks!!!

Yes, that's right I'd be interested to know what you think of it compared with Scheerers

ABC Music is on the outskirts of town, on King's Road, just off the Knaresborough/Skipton road. I'll let you know what it's like if I get there sometime, or if you get there first, please report back!

Promenade Music in Morecambe is worth a visit having a good selection of music and instruments. Check them out on their web site www.promenademusic.co.uk

I thought I'd copy this over from another thread cos it fits here too:

It's probably great if you're a drummer - they had quite a lot of drum kits on display, and a few guitars but no other instruments that I could see. They had a half decent selection of new sheet music (nothing like Scheerers) but they didn't have the new AB woodwind syllabus and didn't know it had changed. They had a bit of secondhand sheet music (quite a few pieces of oboe music, pianoboe) but it seemed to be quite pricey for secondhand music. It's not far out of town and there's easy parking, but I don't think I'll bother with it again.

I've just realised how organised Britten's of London are, for buying AB exam music. NB: I have no ulterior motive for saying this, other than being impressed!

http://www.brittensmusic.co.uk/examdisplay...008&grade=5

The prices look quite good aswell.

Remove balaams, after i said it!

I prefer millers of cambridge... balaams prices are extortinate!

I also like Gillian Grieg's shop in Taunton, having used it quite a bit recently for mail-order items. However, another shop which I have found very efficient for mail order is Windows Music Shop, Central Arcade, Newcastle. They used to send out the music with an invoice instead of asking for payment 'up-front'. (not sure if they still do this!)

I'll remove Brittens on Wigmore Street from the list in my first post, and is it Freeman & Neale in Rugby that's closed as well - could somebody confirm please....? Any others to be removed or added to the list?

On the plus side, Music House in Harrogate has increased the size of their sheet music department. It now takes up all the basement floor - it's still not as big as Banks in York but it's pretty good.

Does anyone know if Music Notes in Liverpool is worth a trip? I pass close by sometimes and the web site makes it sound worth visiting - is it worth making a slight detour?

Incidentally Music Notes in Liverpool keeps a Teachers Register and they pass contacts on to pupils who are looking for a teacher in the area.

Sheehan's in Leicester (just moved to big new premises, now stock pianos!) Friendly people, utterly unpretentious - and owner Noel Sheehan is a nice guy

And of course the mighty Banks of York... not remotely as eccentric as it was in the 1970s...but nowhere is!

Nick

There is the Northcote Road music shop in northcote road in london.

Also footes music in piccadily circus london

Just to let you know.

If you've got Kensington Chimes, why haven't you got Barbican Chimes?

Because I'm not a mind reader

THEY ARE PART OF THE SAME CHAIN.

Your point being....?

THAT IF YOU'VE GOT ONE, YOU SHOULD ADD THE OTHER TO YOUR USEFUL LIST.

OH, AND ADD ACADEMY CHIMES AS WELL.

Just because two shops are part of the same chain doesn't make them equally useful. I don't find Barbican Chimes particularly useful because it's small and badly laid out. That presumably isn't true of Kensington Chimes, which someone has recommended.

Could you please take your caps lock off, by the way?

Like I said, I'm not a mind reader - if nobody has posted here about Barbican Chimes, I'm not sure how you expect me to add it to the list

The Barbican I know is in York - is that the one you mean? And Academy Chimes - am I supposed to know where that is?

If people post the name of the shop and its location, I will do my best to keep the list updated as other members might find it useful. But do you really think I know all the bookshops throughout the country, or which other shops are in the chain, or the location if somebody doesn't tell me I'm flattered that you think I'm so knowledgeable, but I'm afraid it's unwarranted

WWW.CHIMESMUSIC.COM / BARBICAN

WWW.RAM.AC.UK / ABOUT / SHOP.HTM

THANK YOU

'Please' would be nice... and please could you take your caps lock off as well, it looks like you are shouting at people!

I LOVE the Wind Section in Edinburgh (it's already on the list though!!!)... not been in ages, though I do need some new reeds soon hmmmm!!!

I wouldn't go anywhere else but Les Aldrich in Muswell Hill London. They are so nice in there and will get anything quickly for me. They also recommend me as accompanist to people!