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Music & Arts
3.7 ★★★★☆ 55 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Retail chain offering musical instruments, audio gear & accessories, plus rental & 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
- 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 (617) 332-3578
- Website stores.musicarts.com
Hours
| Monday | 12–8 PM |
| Tuesday | 12–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 12–8 PM |
| Thursday | 12–8 PM |
| Friday | 12–8 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“Joe worked with me to help me get it all sorted out and get me set up with a new violin.”
“Matt was super awesome and helped restring my banjo.”
“Despite the fact we brought in a very cheap Amazon violin and the string snapped while tuning for our 4th grader, Joe took a look and knew exactly the string replacement we needed.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Joe worked with me to help me get it all sorted out and get me set up with a new violin.”
“The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable, and they don't act as if they are the only game in town, even though they are.”
From the reviews
I went to the Newton Centre store to have my acoustic guitar strings replaced. They sold me ELIXIR strings, the top brand, for $17.00, and the stringing was $25.00. I would have done it myself, but they did it within a few hours.
Great experience. Great customer service. Very knowledgeable staff. Their buying power allows for great prices. They offer lessons and information on lessons. Plenty of parking available. Great location.
Great place for band rentals. We have had to visit twice for various accessories and music books, and they have always had what we needed. Very in-tune with the requests from the local schools, which I appreciate!
Great place to buy a violin. I got my full sized violin from here and it was a great experience! My last violin that i got from here was a rental but now I was buying a violin. Joseph gave me many different violins to try and tuned them all for me.
Lessons at Music & Arts
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Music & Arts. 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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