I've been working with David over the past few years to keep my upright Baldwin in shape, and he…read morehas consistently delivered high quality work. He is very communicative, always punctual, meticulous, and fully prepared to handle any piano-related needs. Not long ago, I had a sticking key and a squeaky pedal in my piano, and he successfully fixed both issues on top of tuning the piano to perfection. He treats each instrument as if it was his own, and he is clearly passionate about what he does. Lastly, David is friendly, easy to work with, and very reliable. If I owned a piano store or a concert venue, he's exactly the kind of person I'd trust with all the maintenance work. Highly recommend!

David is very knowledgeable and we have had a great experience having him tune and clean our piano…read more He even took the time to explain how the piano actually works and what parts needed adjustment. I really appreciate his time and expertise and will definitely hire him for any future tuning or maintenance.

Eldon was a professional and obviously knew about pianos. He conducted a thorough tuning and…read moreadvised me of recommended follow up cleaning for which he would send an estimate. Since then, I've tried to obtain a receipt for the tuning to put in my file but he has not responded. Also, he never sent an estimate for the cleaning.

I have an upright Kawai piano that needs tuning and evaluation. Mr. Eldon Chodkowski came and…read morefinished this project in a timely manner. There are many piano technician whom I have met. He is one of the best because his professional style--he is punctual and motivated to help his clients if they have any questions. I remember he holds his Bachelor from a well-known university in Boston.

I hired River's Piano Delivery for a antique piano and an organ. Compared to other moving company,…read morethe cost is very reasonable and they are very careful handling the piano and organ. I recommend this company to anyone for moving piano. Excellent Piano delivery service.

From the owner: Rivers Piano Piano Tuning & Piano Repair in Champaign, Illinois, and surrounding areas. Serving…read moreIllinois for the last 13 years, we specialize solely in all tuning and repairs. For more information, call us today!

Best piano tuner in town - excellent work, great communication, and very reliable. Highly recommend!read more

Definitely a treat to have Ross tune your piano! He does a fantastic job, and he'll play you some…read moreJerry Lee Lewis too!

We purchased my dream piano here about a decade ago after two years of shopping between Chicago and…read moreCarmel. In the following years, Northside has proved they have no desire to maintain quality service, hold to any professionalism or attention to detail, nor any attempt at remedying serious flaws even after my rather pointed Google review, which added up more likes than over 1000 other reviews I've done; seems to me this place takes full advantage of customers. This is too obvious in Northside getting most of their negative Google reviews removed. How could any business go for ignoring legitimate complaints rather than responding and proving their goals to improve? It is beyond me. But I digress. We paid very handsomely for a Kawaii K50E Anniversary Edition studio upright. It is still a beauty! Cannot fault the Japanese as the world's greatest craftsman but I certainly can Northside for their full failure to keep to any warranty needs and hilarious mess in tuning services. The first winter as the air dried out, two treble clef keys started making quite audible strained cracking noises during play. I took to Northside's polite pawn sent over still went behind the ears. After she did things and worked the other keys, she admitted she did not know how to fix the issues. Well maybe I'm too aggressive for basic customer support on expensive goods but it felt odd to pay for an incomplete job yet we did, reminded Northside to please send out a capable human for the next tune to sort out the odd tink noises. To this day I can't fathom why you'd rave about what an amazing piano you just sold me and months later send out your tuning tyke who is not trained for the very piano you championed! Here's where it gets good, we were informed we could not use another tuning service in order to maintain the factory warranty through Northside. At the same time, they mentioned then would, then never did use the warranty when the gold finish rubbed off on a pedal. I believe what happened there was good ole fashioned blackmail: you casually threaten loss of services for which there's no intention to provide anyway. The next tuning, guess who showed up? Another high schooler. Finally the third time the actual owner partner guy appears and ruffles all his feathers talking nonstop and spouting salesman's odes to intellect: still did not fix the issues. The next winter my keys were super annoying again which can be heard in my YouTube videos. Let's take a break, because there might be some excuse for my woes if the store experience offered any redeeming charm. Yet take a stop by this State Street downtown house store with the forever "sale" sign stuck out front, trot up the steps and note there's a regulated entry. It is locked. Ring the bell and wait, sometimes quite a while, the maid eventually opens the door. I was actually asked one time "what do you want?" Like really? "Oh I'm sorry I'd like a Strawberry Frosty! Wait, isn't this Wendy's?" What a joke. I can confirm the afforementioned deleted negative reviews are still true. The people here do not seem in touch with general consumer moods or willing to provide experienced responses. Need a keyboard or piano? Try any other store, eBay, Meridian Music, Craigslist, Facebook marketplace, all easier to deal with than Northside. It feels a little guilty putting down a local business; but after a decade of sneaky games and pompous nonsense this feels right on. I highly recommend Kevin Cooney for tuning. He showed up and diagnosed my troubled treble keys and mended them without any obnoxious attitude. I waited for Northside to fix their own piano they sold me for a decade and some local guy named Kevin did it in forty minutes.

I called northside music co. to remove a piano I got saddled with by the previous tenant of our…read morehome. The movers they sent were very professional and careful of the walls and floors, leaving no damage. They were available when I needed them and were reasonably priced. I would call them again.

Never been in the shop and I'm not a musician; however, my grandson wanted a guitar for his…read morebirthday. I entered and was amazed with the amount of stock they carried in what seemed to be such a little store. I told the man, my grandson will be 10 and wants a guitar. I don't want to buy a "toy", but I also don't want to invest a large amount of money until I'm sure he wants to pursue this path. He led me to the perfect guitar for him, and it was reasonably priced. I'm very happy with the purchase and hope my grandson becomes the next Keith Urban! ;)

Owner was nice but the little short fat guy behind the counter was a real jerk. Like little man…read moresyndrome he said crap under his breath but clear enough for me to hear . I went to return to use pedal that I needed in a pinch to play at church and he told me it wasn't Walmart. I won't be back and I'll buy my things from Sweetwater or guitar center or any other place in the world.