One of our daughters had always wanted a grand piano. She had a Yamaha Clavinovo that we had…read morepurchased many years ago. I had always told her if she stuck with it that one day we would buy her the grand piano she had always wanted. She had forgotten all about it, but we never did. I called the store and talked to a consultant by the name of Allen. A 50-minute conversation followed, and he took the time to answer all questions that I had about pianos, their store, and other things. We called our daughter and ask if she had any plans for the coming Saturday that we had a surprise for her. We went to the store and met Allen, and they discussed what she was looking for in a piano. We spent about 5 hours looking at what they had new and used in the store. Allen took the time to answer any questions told use the key points of each piano we looked at compared to the other ones we had played and looked at. He showed us the repair department so we could get an in-depth knowledge of why one brand cost more than the other due to its construction etc. We never ever felt pressured into making a choice that day. He said this is an important decision, and you want to feel you have made the right choice. We scheduled another visit the following week and spent about another 5 hours playing and looking at what they had in the showroom. She finally made a decision, and I would say that phone time and site visit we spent close to 16 to 20 hours of his time. Never once was he pushy or in any way not helpful. He offered so many suggestions along the way and made it such a pleasure to work with a true professional something that is lacking in many businesses today. After the sale he called and made sure that we had the delivery set up on our schedule and to check to see if there was anything else that he could do for us. I felt so guilty about taking up so much of his time, but he said he wanted us to feel comfortable with our decision and that was his pleasure to help out. Michael R

This is a fine place to get a piano. Brian was a pleasure to work with. We could not be happier…read more The guys that delivered the piano were very friendly and helpful. They did a great job.

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.

Went to CMC for the first time. The gentleman that waited on me was very polite and friendly. He…read moresaid he would be done with stringing my guitar and cleaning/conditioning it in a couple of days (way fast in my book). I'll be back again and not just to pickup my guitar!

I wouldn't recommend to anyone trying to get any work done on your instruments, especially bass…read moreguitars. They don't even have bass amps to plug into to "test out" your bass. As far as the repairs go I went in to have a simple set up for a bass that I had purchased and I figured since it's super close I would give it a try. When I described wanting the action adjusted on the bass they said I didn't know what I was talking about and still felt the need to charge me for looking at it....steer clear.

We recently went to Northside Music looking for a piano and Milo was very helpful and knowledgable…read morein walking us through the process. He asked good questions, gave good insights, and showed us several options in our price range. My wife was able to compare the "feel" of them and choose a beautiful model that she loves playing. The delivery was smooth and we are happy with the whole process.

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.