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Menchey Music Service, Inc.
4.8 ★★★★★ 126 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Store with instruments for sale and rent, plus accessories, lessons, and repair services.
Plan your visit
- Repairs & setups a repair bench comes up in reviews and the store's own info — call ahead for turnaround, since good techs run a queue
- Buys & trades used gear they buy, trade, or consign used instruments — bring the case and any original parts, and expect trade credit to beat the cash offer
- Lessons lessons come up in reviews and the store's own info — call about openings, instruments taught, and rates before the first visit
- Instrument rentals rentals mentioned — the usual route for band & orchestra season; ask about rent-to-own credit
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (717) 564-2299
- Website mencheymusic.com
Hours
| Monday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“I broke the stem of a tuning peg off my old Alvarez 12-string and those tuning pegs, particularly of an older vintage, are not easy to find.”
“The repair was complicated by the fact that as the peg broke, the mounting screws also were ripped half-way out of the neck of the guitar.”
“I bought a Yamaha keyboard and signed up for weekly piano lessons at Menchey two years ago in 2023, and my teacher Ian has been fantastic.”
“I am an adult piano student and hobbyist composer of choral music.”
“As an adult learner who had never picked up a Trumpet, I have seen great progress over these (almost) two years.”
What players say again and again
“I have found the staff at this location to be welcoming and the space to be well-maintained.”
“Bill Ort is a patient and kind brass instructor with a lot of knowledge and experience.”
“They offer music lessons by various teachers and we have always had a great experience here!”
“Informative, friendly staff and reasonable prices.”
“Informative, friendly staff and reasonable prices.”
From the reviews
I have had 2 genuinely great cello instructors Tom Klimek and Caleb Liddick both have been great at giving feedback and challenging me to strive to do better through their coaching and encouragement.
Informative, friendly staff and reasonable prices. Picked up my acoustic guitar at Menchey Music today. I am a beginner who knows nothing about guitars. Mike was very helpful and even strummed a few tunes on the different brands to help me decide which one I liked best. Ultimately I went with the Yamaha.
As an adult learner who had never picked up a Trumpet, I have seen great progress over these (almost) two years. Bill Ort is a patient and kind brass instructor with a lot of knowledge and experience. I appreciate his flexibility in scheduling.
I will be taking my guitar lessons here in a month. The staff was very helpful and knowledgeable. I was treated both professionally and friendly. If you need an instrument, instructions or anything music related I urge you to give them a visit.
Selling or trading gear at Menchey Music Service, Inc.
Menchey Music Service, Inc. comes up for buying and trading used gear — confirmed on their own site. Two things make the trip go better. First, bring the whole package: the case or gig bag, the original tremolo arm or bridge parts, the paperwork if you have it — a complete rig is worth real money more than a bare instrument, and it saves the back-and-forth of "can you bring the case in?" Second, know that trade credit almost always beats the cash offer, usually by a healthy margin — if you're upgrading anyway, price your old gear as a trade against the new one before you take cash. Either way, expect the offer to be below what the gear sells for on the wall; the gap is the store's margin for setup, warranty, and sitting on it until the right buyer walks in.
Lessons at Menchey Music Service, Inc.
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Menchey Music Service, Inc.. If you're signing up a beginner (or restarting yourself), a quick call ahead answers the three things that matter: which instruments they teach, whether the schedule has openings at the time you actually need, and what a first lesson costs. There's no wrong first guitar — a good teacher will happily work with whatever you walk in with, and a shop that teaches usually keeps affordable starter instruments and rentals on hand for exactly this reason.
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