Wow never even knew this store was here but with a child choosing to join band this year I was…read morecertainly out of my depth choosing the right items even with a list as a guide The gentleman that helped was extremely knowledgeable about all kinds of instruments and certainly the one she had picked and was able to quickly guide us through and even order the items that he did not have in stock to arrive prior to school starting. They sell and rent instruments and have basically any item you need to get going with home or school playing at very reasonable prices. They also offer all kinds of lessons - we have a bunch of Guitars at home so learning how to play will be next on my list. Great store, very helpful and will definitely be back for more music supplies

For the Stone Oak store in San Antonio, I can't speak to the products, but I can speak to the…read moreservice. It's mediocre, at best. We had been receiving private lessons and the instructor himself (Jorge) is great, the rest of the store is blah. Staff will generally not speak to you unless they have to. Management is non-existent. No voice mail, no email address, and the contact form only accepts a couple hundred characters. It's almost like they go out of their way to tell the client "We don't want to hear from you." Your lessons have an expiration date that they try to claim is to encourage people to stay current, which I don't buy. They also will charge you for about a month's worth of lessons at a time, so when you cancel, you're still on the hook for a bit longer. No business owner worth their salt accepts money for service they don't provide, or for poor service. Do better. We cancelled our private lessons and will drive past it to continue because of the apathetic service. Hard pass.

Excellent place! My daughter has been coming for a year and loves it! Briana is very sweet and…read morepatient. Highly recommend :)

From the owner: We provide private guitar and drum lessons in the northern San Antonio area. We dedicate ourselves…read moreto the students that we train, making sure that they receive top tier instruction. Our goal is to help our students grow into high quality, well-rounded musicians.

Michelle and team are the best. We put both our kids through SOR for many years. I can't say enough…read moregreat things about our experience there with the staff, teachers, and concerts.

Extremely unprofessional and very unsatisfied in the way my friends and I were treated.read more

UPDATE: someone from Alamo Strings reached out to me to say the contracts are stored digitally and…read morethe originals are destroyed. Also that I can exit the contract with no penalty. I do believe at the store I was told the paper was securely kept at a different location and wasn't digital storage. I believe the person who contacted me about the digital storage is correct but that definitely wasn't fully explained. Also why can't I do it online if that is the case? I gave two additional stars on their review because of the quick outreach but still don't like giving my Social Security Number on top of all the other info. And have no idea why a third relative is necessary. Also if this was better explained at the point of sale it would have eased a lot of my frustration. ORIGINAL REVIEW This place is awful. We were sent there by my child's elementary school. It was the only choice we were given which makes it so much worse. They have very poor business practices. They require a social security number which they keep written down which is very poor security practice. Also they require spouses name address phone and an additional relative's name, address and phone. I understand checking my drivers license and keeping information including credit card on file but all of this is unreasonable. Further it definitely should not be kept on a single piece of paper. Further we are renting because my daughter has never played violin and she may hate it. But they require a 32 month contract! This is for fifth grade, yet the contract goes through the end of seventh grade. That is also not reasonable. The staff were also rude. When I complained and questioned these things I was told I could purchase the instrument out right if I didn't like it. Again this was the only option given to us by the school. The owner appeared on the parents meeting zoom call. If he is going to work directly with the school he should have better business practices.

We went here to look for a rental instrument for my son. He is just starting to play strings and…read moreneeded to try out the different instruments to make a choice and to have a viola for his lessons. We were helped right away and the person working was very knowledgeable. I was happy with the service overall and the expense of the rental versus having to buy outright. They have a great program in place for all the local schools.

Ms. Susan is such an amazing teacher! When we moved here we didn't think we could find a teacher as…read moreamazing as we had and tried several places here in SA just to keep getting disappointed over and over again until we found Stone Oak Piano Studio. We fell in love immediately with Ms. Susan, her teaching style, and her passion and patience to teach. Her studio is impeccably clean and organized and it was so pleasant and welcoming when we walked in. We immediately felt this was the one. I would recommend this studio to anyone that wants their child to grow in their music journey loving what they do.

From the owner: Stone Oak Piano Studio offers private piano lessons in Stone Oak Area from age 4 to adults in all…read morelevels. Susan Hong has a BA degree in Piano Performance and minor in voice from Rutgers University and has National Certified Teacher of Music. Furthermore, she is member of Music Teacher's National Association, Texas Music Teacher's Association and local National Federation Music Club. She is fun, experienced and qualified teacher who loves her job.

I am referring Texas Strings every chance I get! We so appreciate their help. Dr. Wright has been…read morefantastic! My daughter has grown so much while receiving instruction from Texas Strings and is still participating in our Church orchestra. No doubt she will be playing and performing in Church orchestra as well as in other praise groups indefinitely. I think she would rather play her violin over doing anything else. She is now invited to play violin for more events than she can possibly schedule. We are so proud of her and so grateful. What a blessing! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Each of our 3 boys have taken lessons here - guitar, drums, and keyboard. I highly recommend them!read more