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Rent My Instrument
4.7 ★★★★★ 94 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Kansas City, Missouri
Store offering a nationwide rental service for band and orchestra instruments, with rent-to-own options.
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 (877) 569-0240
- Website rentmyinstrument.com
Hours
| Monday | 9 AM–5 PM |
| Tuesday | 9 AM–5 PM |
| Wednesday | 9 AM–5 PM |
| Thursday | 9 AM–5 PM |
| Friday | 9 AM–5 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“I ordered a bass clarinet on a friday and it was at my door on monday.”
“So I was expecting a used fairly beat up keyboard.”
“I wanted to share that I recently called to rent a keyboard for an upcoming show.”
“We started our middle schooler on a 1/2 size violin, and moved him up to a full size, through the process of renting along the way.”
From the reviews
I have been delighted with Rent My Instrument since the moment I found them online. The instrument choices are readily available--I wanted a flute--and so are the details about the instrument and how rental works. Maybe best of all, the service is absolutely first rate!
I was blown away by the customer service offered by this company. I had a really specific need for an instrument and this online shop was the only place I could find a match.
I am so impressed with this company! I was in a bind to find a clarinet for my kiddo for school and all of our local shops were out of rentals! I came across this place on my internet search and I'm sure glad I did. The whole process was online (which is great since I'm in CA) and they offered free standard shipping.
I had no clue what a trombone cost so we rented with them and it came within a week in Perfect condition. Only thing I would mention to customers is that it DID come with a case and mouthpiece which I didn't realize so I bought a mouthpiece brcause it was listed separately in the band leaders list.
Selling or trading gear at Rent My Instrument
Rent My Instrument 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 Rent My Instrument
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Rent My Instrument. 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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