This is where the GuZheng was found! Chuen Ying Arts Centre teaches Art for children and Music for…read moreChildren and Adults. They specialize in GhuZheng and Chinese Flute teachings. Mostly are done in Chinese, but I believe that they can also teach in English. They have private tutoring classes as well in Chinese string and woodwind instruments. It's a husband and wife team. Mrs Cheng, a beautiful woman and her husband are well known in the Chinese classical music industry in Canada. They have a number of CD's of various music in their collection of performances. We were shown the $800 dollar GuZheng, but that wasn't what Mum wanted so Mrs Cheng brought our a few others to show. When the final selection was made and the purchase done, she tuned the instrument, offered the free stand and the free chair. We didn't get the chair, but daughter will get it next time. The ones that they had at the time were too small. There was a mumbling in the car of how expensive it was, but that it was more affordable than the other places. The Daughter hopefully really likes it (which she did) and that she'll take the lessons and learn it well. If not, Mom will take lessons! The service was quite nice. And after Daughters first class, she said that she enjoyed it. Soon, the melodic tunes of the skillfull GuZheng student will fill the air in the house with music. A Rhapsody in progress.

On our search for the GuZheng and music lessons, we came upon our next store which had wall to wall…read moreGuZheng! A Chinese lady came out and talked to us (well, them cause I don't speak Mandarin) about the instruments, the prices and lessons. One of the units we looked at was about $3,000. Wow! and that wasn't the expensive one! The lady was nice and informative and we were planning on coming back the next day, but there was one more place we had to see.

Great store…read more Fantastic selection and fast shipping. I was worried about shipping times and methods but their owner is very communicative and helpful, so I knew when my violin bow etc would arrive. Thank you!

Best customer service! They went above and beyond and the instrument is fantastic and arrived well…read morepacked and safe and sound. Couldn't be happier!

I took lessons at Steveston Music from the ages of 10 to 16. I first started my studies with Ron…read moreSamworth who later went on to become one of the most sought after jazz players in town. Later, I studied with Ron Phillips the owner Steveston music, and Craig Bickell, and I am still digesting the depth of musical wisdom these players have shared with me over the years. From these lessons, I went on to study music at Douglas College, before transferring to UBC studying with Michael Strutt. The current teaching group is just as strong. One of the current teachers at SMC, Phil Korytko, I have had the honour of playing guitar with from time to time. I can easily state he one of the best guitarists I have ever met. From beginners to advanced students, this group is worth checking out.

Phil is the most awesome guitar teacher. He listens to what you want to do and teaches you the real…read moremusic stuff not just scales. He is so talented and is very humble. He is an amazing teacher. I tried a lot of teachers before I found the RIGHT one.

Having been a prof. musician in my not-so-well-spent youth, I then took some 3 decades off. In…read morethis past decade, I've managed to recapture most of my youthful high-level performance skills to a pretty satisfying degree. In fairness, though, I have to give a solid shout-out to the input of Howard Lee, at Tom Lee Music in Richmond (no relation I'm told), for his impeccable technical work on my Buffett clarinet, both in its initial prep for me to resume my playing, and in keeping the instrument in top-flight performance condition over the last 6-7 years of my rather frequent playing schedule. While I find Howard to be a "typical" Tom Lee employee (first patronised them through their Hong Kong store eons ago) -- like Howard, they are generally knowledgable, conscientious, customer committed and proud of the high-quality services that they provide. In the esoteric world of woodwind instrument maintenance and repair, however, Howard Lee stands out: I've encountered no one with higher standards, work ethic, and reliability, than Howard Lee -- a true musical repair artisan.

I was there looking to purchase a piano. There were 3 staff members sitting at their desks texting…read moreon their cell phones, and not one of them bothered to look up, never mind greet us or provide any service. I was there for 20 minutes, and was trying the pianos and making noise, so it's not like they didn't see or hear us! It's the worst service of any piano retail stores I've been to in the lower mainland. Do NOT shop there.

The staff here have little to no product knowledge about the products they sell. In addition their…read morereturn policy sucks, even when they sell you the wrong product, and they refuse to take it back. Do yourself a favour and go to Long & McQuade instead, where the employees actually have knowledge of the products they sell.

Staff were trying to help, but didn't know the product. We selected a piano they had in stock, and…read morethey fumbled through the 0% financing process. Were told it could be 1/2 an hour for approval. Fortunately it took 10min, but they wanted a 30% down payment AND a $20 admin fee. We cancelled the application and went to another dealer in town. What a joke, and waste of time.

the staff are fantastic here, Geoff helped us with a firmware update on a pedal purchased from we…read morehad trouble doing at home. prices and selection are great and excellent staff.

When it gets busy there, expect to waste 30-45 mins just waiting for someone to help you. While I…read morewas there, the lone sales guy was nice enough to help a lady fill out an instrument rental form... but at the cost of making a room full of people wait. The lineup to simply pay for an item took 30 mins. Some advice to speed things up: No one wanders into a music store and spontaneously decides to rent an instrument. Most ppl will do research beforehand. Offer an incentive for ppl to fill out forms online or come WITH the paperwork already completed. If staff needs to walk costumers thru the process, have ppl book a time or charge an administration fee. When you've got customers with a product in hand, waiting to pay & leave, there is zero excuses to why they need to spend the next half hour listening to people fumble at filling out a simple form.

I loved the crew here. Easy to schedule and everyone was super kind. I love the homey feel of the…read morewaiting room and little things they added for the kids.

Extremely disappointed!…read more Called them January 24th about renting an instrument for 5th grade strings. They told me to come in to rent a violin and to try and bring my child with me since we needed to get the correct size. January 26, I bring my kid in. We arrived later than planned because I got lost (my bad) trying to find the store. We arrived at 4:45pm. Despite the store being empty, the guy there was apparently too busy to help us and handed us a paper to order online so it could be shipped to us. He didn't offer a sizing suggestion. I called back again yesterday afternoon because I realized strings starts next week and I wasn't sure if the shipped instrument would get here in time. The guy told me it would take a few days but they had some in stock. I told him I was confused because I was given a paper and told to have it shipped. He said they had multiple sizes in stock, including a size that should work for her given her age (10). We drove all the way back downtown again today and guess what - they don't have any in stock. What a joke and a waste of our time. Will not go to this store again.