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Author: sixteenth
Date: 2009-08-11 17:29
what's the best music store in new york city? particularly to buy instruments. clarinets, but also (and mainly for my purposes), saxophones?
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Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2009-08-11 18:07
1) Roberto's Woodwind
www.robertoswinds.com
165 W 48th St
New York, NY 10036
(646) 366-0242
http://www.robertoswinds.com/_index.php
2) Jonathan Watkins
Wright Music Inc.
938 Port Washington Blvd.
Port Washington, NY 11050
Phone: (516) 883 0043
Fax: (516) 883 2522
E-Mail: info@wrightmusic.biz
http://www.wrightmusic.biz/
3) Fred Weiner
Weiner Headquarters:
Frederic H Weiner Inc
168 Jericho Tpke
Mineola, NY 11501
Phone Numbers:
Phone orders: (516) 747-5004
Sales: Toll-Free (800) 622-CORK
Email:
sharon@weinermusic.com
http://shop.weinermusic.com/
4) Sam Ashe Music Store
http://www.samashmusic.com/locations/
New York, NY (Brass & Woodwinds)
155 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10036-1523
Phone: 212-398-6052
Store Manager: Rich Tucker
Monday - Friday: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Sunday: 12 Noon to 6:00 PM
5) Buffet New York Showroom
160 W. 48th Street, 4th floor
New York NY 10036
Kristin Bertrand Woodwind Repair
646-670-6565
kristin@woodwindworkshop.com
http://www.woodwindworkshop.com/
JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist
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Author: Ed
Date: 2009-08-11 23:54
I am glad John mentioned Wright Music. It is a good place. Jonathan is great to deal with. He previously worked at/managed two other well known shops and was the best thing about going there.
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Author: Veronica
Date: 2016-06-25 00:27
Hi, I;m planning a trip to NYC soon and want to purchase a B12 clarinet, is Woodwind&Brasswind a good place? There is Innoledy as well, which is listed as a dealer on Buffet Crampon´s web but I can´t contact them by phone and they only recieve customers by appointment. Woodwind has it at a very good price as well, but they are not listed as BF´s dealers. Thanks much,
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Author: Veronica
Date: 2016-06-25 01:13
Thank you so much for your answer! Thing is (I called) they only sell proffesional models, and I am after a B12...so, I feel better buying at Innoledy as they are listed as dealers but I cannot reach them, and Woodwind&Brasswind have it at the same price (the lowest I´ve found on NYC stores). Do you know the reputation of this store? They might be really well known...?
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Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2016-06-25 01:33
Veronica, my suggestion, and what I'd do may not work for you.
From the Metro NY area, with access to a car, I'd visit Weiner Music on Long Island.
Do call ahead. They've been in business forever, usually have a large selection and very competitive prices. Years ago, the aforementioned Jonathan Wright use to work for them.
Born and raised here, oddly enough, I can't speak of the reputation of the NY City stores.
If driving isn't possible, you can take the Long Island Rail Road from NY's Penn Station at 34th Street, below Madison Garden, to either the Mineola station or the East Williston Station. Both provide an about 15 minute walk to Weiner, or you can take a cab.
http://shop.weinermusic.com/contactus.asp
Mark Kasten at Weiner tends to handle repairs and I think in store instrument sales.
The storefront seems to run as a separate business from the internet site. Prices can vary, sometimes higher, sometimes lower, and often not by much if at all. It's best to confirm first before going.
There's nothing elegant about the store. It's their selection and competitive prices that keep wind players coming back.
(No affiliation.)
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Author: Veronica
Date: 2016-06-25 02:08
Thanks for you incredibly detailed explanation! I could care less for fancy or elegant stores, I am, however, looking for a good deal. So thank you very much for the advise and the directions to get there, much, much appreciated!
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Author: Ed
Date: 2016-06-25 03:20
If you are considering going out to LI, check Wright Music as mentioned above. There are lots of places to buy instruments, but Jonathan Watkins is one of the best people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.
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Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2016-06-25 04:50
Just as Weiner Music's walkable from a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) station, Wright Music is too--perhaps even more so. Located in Port Washington, NY, a Northwestern Long Island community, it is the last stop on that branch of the rail road: which names its branches by the last stop on them--hence the "Port Washington line."
Unfortunately the rail road, if not the Nassau County buses which serve both stores, has little North South service such that the lines that serve Mineola (the main line) and Port Washington stations intersect way back in Western Queens County, at Woodside.
The running joke with the rail road is to "change at Jamaica station": it's largest hub, in Queens County, where all lines BUT the Port Washington line that services Wright music gather.
http://web.mta.info/lirr/Timetable/lirrmap.htm
(I've never shopped at Wright Music and therefore can't say good or bad things.)
One final warning, the West most station, Penn Station, in NYC, is an ENTIRELY different entity than Penn Station in New Jersey State, which is separated by Manhattan County in NYC by the Hudson River.
Better than waste bboard space with more particulars, email me if you need more details.
Post Edited (2016-06-25 04:53)
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