Schott Music

So I might be the world's biggest classical-sheet music geek that there is. Because it's my profession, for half of my life, a big percentage of my income went towards buying the music that I need for work. So whenever I travel, I visit other music stores to see what's out there that's not available in NYC. And these days, the music state of music stores in NYC are looking pretty grim... I... more

This is a terrible music shop with opinionated staff.

I went earlier this week to find the Schmitt Preparatory Exercises for Piano. They made a huge fuss trying to dissuade me from buying the book, claiming that some people say its bad for your fingers (?!). What a lot of baloney. Besides, do I care about their opinion? No.

I asked them to order it. Quite frankly I don't know why I bothered,... more

This is a shop for serious musicians but is also a good place to find presents for musicians. The shop has been here for over 100 years and is going strong.

From the outside, it looks quite small but like a Tardis, it opens out over 2 floors and has many functions. At the front of the shop, you can find all sorts of music-related gifts for that musical person you're buying for, ranging from... more