Friendly, helpful and easy to navigate - only "problem" so any great choices. Highly recommendread more

Ordered STAGG 14" Cymbals they showed as available OnLine, took them 3 days or more to contact me…read moreand say they don't have the inventory and they also don't know how long it'll take for money to be refunded. This was my first and last time I'll order from this shoppe. "Unfortunately, they have inventory issues sometimes" Seems to me like they were slow pulling my order and probably just sold it before pulling the order. Avoid this place.

WRONG ADDRESS THEY'VE MOVED too late for me as I walked all…read moreacross town to find this out

Awesome selection of gear. Great prices, some of the best deals I have found. I just started…read morelearning how to make my own music and the staff is super patient with me and very helpful. If they don't have something you need they are happy to order it for you. They answer emails and phone calls promptly. Excellent communication.

The Good: easy and generous on street parking, funky/fantastic atmosphere, enthusiastic…read moreinstructors, easy to get lesson scheduled. The Bad: our instructor charged $52/hour, nearly twice the going rate for a 1 hour lesson, and he didn't take much time to find out what my son already knows. Assessment: this is a fine place for adults who are novice musicians, want to stay in the south Mpls neighborhood, and are cool with paying out a good chunk of change.

From the owner: The Music Lab is an independently owned music school in south Minneapolis founded by local music…read moredarlings Jillian Rae and Josie Just. Their vision of creating an inspiring space for teaching and learning music of all kinds, has blossomed into a community of active performing musicians and aspiring musicians of all ages. The Music Lab offers private musical instruction in most every instrument and style, and also has group programs available- such as Rock Lab (learn to play in a band), Grasshopper Lab (pre-K group music class, coming soon!) and our Summer Lab Camp (learn to play in a band/ensemble, record, and write original music). Students of all ages and ability levels are welcome! Music Lab hours vary daily and are set up 'by appointment' with each instructor/class. We accept cash, check, and online payments. (not credit card, technically bank-to-bank)

I had more guitars than I could expect to keep fed and cared for so I visited Chad and he took some…read moreof them off my hands for what I thought were reasonable values. If I didn't STILL have too many guitars I'd definitely buy from Chad @ Encore Music.

Rude and unwelcoming they were yelling way too much and we couldn't hear anything so we had to…read moreleave the store

Small place, friendly folk. Mostly acoustic guitars,read more

Went in this great little shop the other day. I had long admired their little shingle & sign…read moreoutdoors, but was glad to stop in. I'm a teacher and they had the books I needed for my students and (for a tiny shop) had the right selection of instruments for me. They had a good guitar I could recommend a student as well as a bunch of super interesting hand made funkiness that was compelling for me. Nice dude working there, very helpful. They didn't have the strings I was hoping for in stock but seemed totally willing to get some in for me.

Such a cool place. I happened to be in Minneapolis picking someone up at the airport and decided to…read moreswing in. My better half has been asking for a uke, and these guys more than delivered. Even when I went to look elsewhere, they were gracious enough to put one on hold. Of course I came back because you can't beat the store and the people. I would 100% recommend these guys!

I from Seattle, but always stop at the Pickin' Parlor when in town. They always have a good…read moreselection of new and used Nannie's at good prices. If I lived in Minneapolis, I would definitely take lessons there.

Searching high and low for the most competitive price on the Canto Soprano Recorder - I stumbled…read moreupon the Groth Music Company. My son broke his, and a quick replacement was needed. Even with postage, Groth provided the best price. Ordering four of the Baroque Fingering Recorders - in blue and red - they arrived a few short days later. Great communication from start to finish - along with the priority delivery - I'm more than satisfied. William E. Lewis Jr. Vero Beach, Florida

I checked out Groth Music because I love music and this is a music store. It also is a Minnesota…read moreinstitution. I wanted to meet cool employees, have great conversations about music, and honestly, I wanted to buy something. I have a lot of money (well, not really) and I am genuinely in the market for... music stuff. Groth Music has guitars, but guitar is not its primary focus. Instead, Groth is the spot to go to when you want to find sheet music. I think there's still a lot of value in this despite e-commerce. A lot of times, the quality of sheet music isn't clear, especially for pop music. It's very useful to be able to look at the pages for yourself. I'm rating Groth 3 stars because no employee felt like greeting me. I was especially disappointed that the guy in the guitar section simply sat at his desk without even trying to engage me at all. He semi-grumpily said "let me know if you have any questions." I genuinely could've bought something, even a guitar, if he took the second to chat with me like many local music shop workers often do. Instead, I got Guitar Center-level service.

This business seems to be badly managed. Messaged twice about lessons but have never heard anything…read moreback. Tried to order an attachment for my violin. They placed the order, never heard anything. Really wanted to like this business as it is local to me and I love music. Won't go to a business that clearly doesn't want mine.

Last year we were "thrilled" to find out our 10 year old wanted to play the saxaphone in the school…read moreband. We stopped into Cadenza and had the best experience. We rented an alto sax and the nicest guy ever explained what my son would need. When you rent an instrument for the school year, you pay in full up front. The guy made it clear that you won't pay a penalty if it's past the May deadline because schools have end of the year concerts etc. Near the end of the year we got a card in the mail telling us if we paid for next years rental we could keep the instrument over the summer for free. We did that. Also, a rental includes a yearly "tune up". While the sax was in the shop, our son announced he needed it TODAY for school. Of course. I called the store and talked to the woman who was repairing it. "Oh I'm working on it now, I could have it for you in 20 mins." Perfect

I just wandered in here as it is connected to Wonderment, and when I was looking for toys to…read moretorture my brother and sister in law, the bladder got a bit full. I wandered back and used the bathroom and thought it odd that there are all these rooms with instruments and photo's of people playing them. I mean, this is wonderment, right? Wrongo Bucko! I found this out when walking back from the co op and saw the real entrance (which is behind wonderment.) Good to know. I can tell you this: The bathroom is clean, and I left the seat up.