Bought a Taylor 50th Anniversary 316ce Baritone. Communication was awesome. Guitar is awesome…read more Everything was carefully packaged. Highly recommend.

This place is deceptive. It's tiny. And it's in Cedar Crest. And they don't really carry the…read moremajor brands of instruments so it's easy to miss. But they do carry some surprisingly interesting instruments and good prices. And instructors are good. Lessons are good. And the staff is knowledgeable. Kind of a surprise, really, but the very pleasant kind.

I can't kvell enough about this business! Stan Burgh is an amazing human being and has the best…read moreguitars in Albuquerque especially since other businesses had closed down. If you don't want to give your hard earned money to the corporate owned Guitar Center, go see Stan. Ian, who closed down his repair shop, is back to do repairs and Eli, Stan's son is also amazing! If you want to learn how to play a guitar or improve your skills, GV has the finest guitar musicians who teach there. They're all personable! We can use a bit of that in the world.

Been shopping here for a few years . They have a variety of stringed instruments priced fairly;…read morethey help you get started if you are a beginner in Guitar. Dan Dowling, an Albuquerque musical treasure, teaches Guitar here too. He is a gem !!!! Love this place . Everything guitar is at your fingertips and you can find some pretty cool instruments, too.

John performed on short notice for an event which required a variety of vocal and instrumental…read morestyles. He was communicative, helpful in suggesting options, and his wide repertoire made him especially well suited to our needs. We received multiple comments regarding his talent and how much he added to the event. And, I saw one of our attendees who is a professional planner of corporate events taking down his information for future work. Highly recommended!

Tonight family celebrated a 70th birthday party. Mr. Martinez made a nice party very special. He…read moresang spanish as well as soft rock and even Kenny Rogers.

Great work tuning up our piano and fixing a few annoying clicks and buzzes. Came right on time and…read moreworked away patiently despite some loud electricians flipping on and off the lights. The piano sounds great; completely forgot how nice it is to play on an in-tune piano. ;)

I was really disappointed by the scratches in the floor, the lateness, the "almost running into the…read morehouse" and lack of truck backing skills/communication, and mostly, THE COMPLETE INABILITY TO GET MY PIANO IN THE DOOR. And he still charged me. After waiting 40 minutes for him at the delivery spot he realized he could not get it in theturn of the porch, and had no ambition to dissemble anything or problem solve much. I had him take my mothers piano to value village as a donation because I was running very late at that point for another appointment. Then he told me it would still be over $300. My suggestion to him is to not snap at his female co-worker in front of clients, and that if he hears a floor scratching to stop after 1 foot instead of 10. I considered not paying him or asking for a reduced rate but I am not the heckling type, esp. considering that it was my recently deceased mothers piano. Which he knew. I believe he should have offered something in exchange for all the mistakes. Later a couple of my friends went and got the piano from value village, and took it home in their toyota pickup. the porch rail came off with a couple screws. cest la vie.

Chip is a consummate professional, a piano technician and tuner for the kind of person who wants…read morethe best results possible from their instrument. I especially like that he's down to earth about the costs and benefits of the work he does: not everything you choose to do will make a big difference, but that depends on you, the customer, and determining with chip if it's important to you and if it's worth the cost. Do you want a piano tuned to 430 to match Schumann frequencies so it sounds more mellow, like the most beautiful of baroque instruments? Or maybe at 442 to push the sound a bit, make it more aggressive? We talked quite a bit about what I wanted from the instrument before he started. Then, and only then, did he start working. He's a listener first, the kind of customer service person you hope to meet and rarely do today: he wants to help you get what you want from your instrument, not what he thinks it should be. A piano is a part of the family, and it has it's own unique relationship with you, the owner. Race cars are tuned to match the racer, violins to match the player, guitars custom made to match the guitarist. Call chip if you want the best. Or if you just want whatever it takes to keep the thing upright for another year. He'll deliver the results you want at an affordable price.

From the owner: Piano tuning and services by concert piano and technician Dr. Willis Glen "Chip" Miller, III…read more The American pianist, piano technician, and music teacher, Willis Glen "Chip" Miller III, grew up in Richmond, Virginia. His mother (and first teacher) was an oboist, singer, and pianist; his father was a clarinetist - the two met in music school at East Carolina. After studying for six summers at the Interlochen Music Festival, he obtained his Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance and Orchestral Conducting from Virginia Commonwealth University (1992-1996); his Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Choral Conducting from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester (1996-1997); and his DMA degree in Piano Performance and Orchestral Conducting from the University of Houston Moores School of Music (1997-2001). His teachers have included Nelita True, Horacio Gutiérrez, Ruth Tomfohrde, Wesley Ball, Tayloe Harding, and Landon Bilyeu. Chip has been tuning since 1992. Before moving to Albuquerque, he was the Resident Piano Technician and Faculty at Interlochen Arts Academy and Interlochen Arts Camp, coordinating the care of 340 pianos, harpsichords, digital keyboards, and historical keyboard instruments. He tunes now for the New Mexico School of Music, the Albuquerque Institute of Music, and hundreds of families in Albuquerque.