Marcella Branagan is simply an amazing piano teacher. Few are as committed, professional and…read morecaring. My son received an amazing education from her about music, performance and piano. Here's a profile of one of her former students: https://undergraduateresearch.buffalostate.edu/news/piano-student-appears-carnegie-hall-performance

I swung by to grab my first beginner acoustic guitar. Joe was knowledgeable and so helpful!…read more Pros + Service + Parking + Convenient hours + Maintenance: Joe said I can come back for any help I need for guitar maintenance. I appreciated that! I wanted to support a local business and I am happy with my purchase!

I was invited to play at a porch fest a week before the event, so I go into my closet to get my…read moreguitar and low and behold the neck had bowed and the strings were shot. well I call around for a luthier to help me out and all of them said it would take 3-4 weeks for a setup, so I get my guitar and take a ride over to Allentown music and meet Joe the owner and explain my situation and he finds me a guy that did it in two days, WOW! Great little music store,Great service,

There's a line from Harvey, one of my all-time favorite movies about a man and his imaginary…read moresix-foot bunny friend, about people coming into bars as strangers and leaving as friends. That's also, for what it is worth, been my experience at Music City Buffalo. I went in there originally for voice and guitar lessons after getting frustrated with my lack of progress on my own. The lessons--particularly voice lessons with Carina, store owner Vince Mastrantonio's partner--were helpful, and built a relationship that made me trust them enough to buy instruments (people in the business can be kind of shady, and so this is important to me). Vince will work with you (within reason, of course) on prices, and I've now picked up three guitars from MCB. (If you are a Gretsch fan, there is hardly a reason to go anyplace else.) I've also had my upright bass set up there, picked up a used amp, have another guitar repair planned, and will be back for guitar lessons with Vince--an accomplished guitarist himself, which is always a bonus in a teacher--likely this summer. I've always been happy with the turnover, the pricing on purchases and repairs, and the quality of the work. We've also taken to seeing their three-piece jazz-noir band, Carina and the Six-string Preacher, around town. They're cool people who like engaging with the crowd, and I think that's a good way to sum up Music City Buffalo as well.

Bought two guitars at the shop and had an older guitar repaired. Awesome selection and service!…read moreGreat guitar lessons too! Strongly recommend!

Had a small repair. Figured I'd have to leave it, but it was fixed immediately, and at a very…read morereasonable price. Great place to do business!

It's a real, old school music store. Lessons and rentals seem fairly priced. The owner and his wife…read morerun the business there for the past 30 years.

I take guitar lessons at Planet Music and I couldn't be happier with the place. Everyone's friendly…read moreand experienced with music and the café next door has great food and great live music. I take guitar lessons with Drew who is an amazing guitarist and an even better teacher. He helps me figure out exactly what I need and want to work on and makes learning it fun and interesting. Drew really helped me find my passion for music and guitar and thanks to him, it will certainly be a life long hobby of mine.

From the owner: We offer Private music instruction from some of the areas top teachers. Our teachers not only have…read moreextensive training and degrees from leading conservatories but are also active musicians in the music scene. Lessons in guitar, bass, keyboards/piano, drums and more Let us help bring out the music thats in You!

I lived across the street from QRS and remember a piano in the front window. I bought a few QRS…read morepiano rolls for my wife's grandmother's player piano. We still have all the QRS piano rolls as well as some ancient rolls from a centryry ago and pump the player piano pedals and sing along with the rolls which have the words.. We had the old player piano electrified and just turn a switch also now. I am going to buy 80 QRS piano rolls this saturday to add to our library of QRS piano rolls. Good piano rolls.

Yea, the perforators are rolling...er, um punching...or is it producing again...whatever, they are…read moremaking more rolls! QRS is the lone survivor in an industry that once sold millions. Now, don't send me hate mail about the fact that there are other companies still producing rolls, from my knowledge, the other companies are art-house style operations with limited distribution and in the piano roll world, that's really limited. Alas, piano rolls have mostly gone the way of the vinyl record. The demand for player piano or pianola rolls has been kept alive by a dedicated group of collectors like me. There is nothing like actually hearing and feeling the performance. So, there's the good news. The less good news is that QRS is no longer owned and operated locally, factory tours are no longer available, and important historical pieces have been moved out of the area and are now on display at a museum in Arizona. This includes the QRS Marking Piano which was named by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 1992. Gotta' roll!

I made an online purchase from them. I was literally just collecting data for a purchase sometime…read morein the future. They had one gorgeous blonde Bourgeois F mandolin. The price was already good, though probably outside my range. I had been looking at Eastmans but my shop doesn't carry the Bourgeois line. Owner Bill, without prompting, gave me on out-the-door number that was minimally higher than the Eastman I would have settled for. They wanted my business. They made it affordable, and I got the instrument I really wanted.

I successfully purchased two Bourgeois Touchstone Signature Guitars, the OM and the D, through mail…read moreorder from The Fretted Buffalo. Matt and Bill provided exceptional support, ensuring a smooth transaction by offering a return option with discounted shipping rates. Both guitars arrived in pristine condition, expertly set up and ready for play. I am delighted with my purchase and plan to keep both guitars. I highly recommend The Fretted Buffalo and would gladly do business with them again. - Tom