Musical Instruments Repairing in California

Moze Guitars is one of the few remaining traditional guitar shops. The store sells new, used and custom guitar builds, as well as a wide variety of pickups and other accessories. The staff offers repairs.

Ramona Music Center offers instruments, lessons, repairs, rentals, and more. Its friendly and knowledgeable staff is happy to help you tune your guitar, or help you find just the right music book. In addition to new instruments, it also offers used, consigned, and rentals. This is great for the beginner that wants to try something new without investing too much. Make sure to check the Web site for current specials, and upcoming events.

Not just a music store, Heriz Music and Art houses seven studios and offers lessons with 11 teachers. Owner Margarita Heriz taught music to high school students in Bogotá, Colombia, but soon learned she preferred working with instruments rather than in the classroom. Inevitably, she brought the classroom to her shop. Heriz's philosophy on music is to spark interest for aspiring musicians. She says the learning process does not necessarily begin with merely setting up lessons, but by looking, absorbing or just visiting and starting to get ideas. Aside from instruments such as clarinets, saxophones, flutes, pianos and customary guitars, Heriz Music and Art offers repairs as well.

La Jolla Music is a full-service music store. It sells instruments and instrumental accessories, sheet music and music literature, records and CDs. They also offer lessons for all instruments with staff and freelance instructors. 

Established in Santa Barbara in 1986, Nick Rail Music provides band and orchestral instruments to both schools and individual musicians, offering both sales and rentals. The business carries everything from marching band instruments to drum sets to electric guitars, as well as digital instruments and sound reinforcement products. For more information about the products offered, visit the Nick Rail Music Web site.

Piesik's Piano Service is headed by Registered Piano Technician John E. Piesik. Piesik's Piano Service offers tuning, humidity control, appraisals, voicing and general repairs.

Santa Monica Music Center, located at 19^th Street, is one of the oldest surviving family-owned music businesses in the area. Offering a wide choice of music classes, it's a musical haven for kids with the performing bug. Private instrumental instruction, singing lessons and performing workshops are offered to young adults. All of the classes are taught in the studio by professional musicians. The store carries a large selection of sheet music, books, DVDs, instruments, keyboards, strings, amplifiers and accessories. There's a Rent-To-Own program allowing virtually all of the payments to go toward the purchase of the instrument. A reason for its long-term success is the warm, friendly atmosphere, combined with quality customer service and music teachers.

Since 1947, Forrests Music has been selling woodwind and brass instruments to the Berkeley community. It also repairs oboes and bassoons, sells accessories such as mouthpieces, metronomes, tuners and stands, and offers music lessons.