This review isn't for the shop itself, but for an experience we had with one of the staff. At…read moreleast, I assume he was a staff member but he didn't identify himself.
In short, we came in and my boyfriend, who is a drummer for over 20 years, noticed a drum kit on the floor. He sat down and started to play, quite gently, just tapping out a beat. Within 30 seconds, a guy comes charging over, scolding us on how disrespectful it is to touch / play someone else's drums. Huh? There was no signs saying not to touch, or that it was someone's personal drum kit.
My boyfriend immediately got up and apologized, and the guy again said how disrespectful it was to play someone else's drums. My boyfriend apologized again.
After that we left the store, but were genuinely confused about a couple things:
1.) If the shop doesn't want people to play the instruments that are out on the floor, why isn't there a sign or something that says that on the instrument? (Btw, totally understandable if that is the case, I get it, a music shop probably has many people coming in wanting to touch things, and I could see where issues arise.)
2.) Why does someone have their "personal" drum kit out of the floor to begin with? Seems like a bad spot for someone who doesn't want their things touched.
This encounter happened during the downtown wine event, and perhaps staff were dealing with the shop being more crowded than usual, but I have to say, we were in no way being rough or disrespectful with those drums.
Again, this is not a judgement of the shop itself, which actually seems quite nice, but if this is how staff treat people, it could make potential customers not want to come back, especially someone who can legitimately play.
