11th May 2013
Shop hours
We are open Tuesday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.30pm and Saturday 9.00am to 2.00pm. We are not open on Sunday or Monday.
We only have in stock a small selection of the listed instruments and accessories so please check
before making a special journey!
SECONDHAND INSTRUMENTS
All secondhand instruments are fully checked over and set up in the workshop to ensure they are in good playing order (unlike wind instruments purchased on auction sites which often need large amounts spending to put them into good playing order - beware!).
Every secondhand instrument is listed on the website
secondhand list
with a high quality photo. The secondhand list is revised daily (but please phone before journeying to look at a specific instrument!). All secondhand instruments have been checked over and are in good playing order. Follow us on Twitter (see below) for updates whenever an interesting secondhand instrument comes in.
Instruments currently in stock include
Leblanc, Buffet, Yamaha, Selmer, Boosey and Hawkes and
Louis clarinets (Bb, A, Eb and alto);
Rudall Carte, Yamaha, Allen, FMG, Trevor James, Pearl and
Monnig flutes (wood, silver plated, silver head, silver, bass);
Selmer, Yamaha, Buescher, Martin, Conn, Jupiter, Trevor James, Elkhart, Bauhaus,
Meister and Yanagisawa saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone);
lots of sax mouthpieces;
Fox, Monnig, Lark and
B&H bassoons;
Yamaha, Fossatti, Buffet, B&H, Howarth, Noblet, Kreul and
Ward and Winterbourn oboes;
Yamaha, Holton and
Jupiter trumpets;
B&H Sovereign, Yamaha, Bach Stradivarius and
Jupiter cornets;
Bach Stradivarius, Yamaha, Holton, Blessing and
King trombones,
Yamaha and
Conn french horns etc. etc.
STOP PRESS
- secondhand instruments recently arrived include: a
Yamaha YAS275
alto sax,
Yanagisawa T992
tenor sax, a Yanagisawa
901 and a
Yamaha 675
soprano sax, Horn Revolution baritone sax, a
Buffet E11, a
Buufet R13, a Leblanc Sonata and a
Leblanc L7 Bb clarinet, a
B&H Imperial 926 and a Buffet Conservatoire A clarinet, a pair of
Leblanc LL clarinets, a pair of Boosey and Hawkes 1010 clarinets, a
Moeck baroque,
a
Trevor James Cantabile,
a Trevor James TJ10Xii,
a Yamaha silver tube,
a Rudall Carte
silver, a Haynes
silver, a Gemeinhardt silver flute, an
Oxley and a
Flutemakers Guild headjoint,
a
Holton 156 trombone, Buffet Artist
,
a Ward and Winterbourn TW3
and a Kreul
oboe
, a
Kreul and a
Santoni cor anglais, a
Lark bassoon, a
Yamaha Xeno trumpet, and Arnolds Terra Eb/D trumpet ............
SHEET MUSIC SALE!
We have a selection of music for all instruments and CDs at sale prices in our amazon shop - click
sale music
for details!
SECONDHAND INSTRUMENTS WANTED!!!
If you have an instrument you are looking to sell please get in touch and we can talk about the options available to you. We do not normally purchase second hand instruments but sell on behalf of customers deducting a commission in the event of a successful sale. Secondhand instruments are selling very well at present and we desperately need more on the shelf!
RENTAL SCHEME
Our rental scheme offers 4 months rental of a flute, cornet, trumpet, clarinet or trombone for £50 plus a £50 refundable deposit; curved head flute for £60 plus £60 deposit and alto saxophone for £100 plus £100 deposit. Should you decide to purchase you may deduct the first rental payment and the deposit from the price of the instrument rented.
STOCK NEWS
New NEOTECH product has been causing a stir - particularly the
saxophone tone filters
, the
trombone grip,
the brass sling
and the
wireless pouch
.
We again have good stocks of the CLARICORD clarinet sling and
GEM deluxe silk woodwind instrument swabs continue to be the ultimate and highest quality swabs available and continue to sell very well. The new
Saxlab rigid saxophone harness and the plastic
Nuvo flute have both been talking points!
EBAY SHOP
Our
ebay shop
currently has many items of interest. Have a look NOW as there are many unrepeatable bargains here!
GUITAR BITS
Following the sad closure of Hitchin's guitar shop Machinehead Music we now stock a basic selection of guitar stuff - instruments, cases, straps, strings, picks etc. etc. Phone for details.
BUY YOUR SHEET MUSIC ONLINE
Our new
online sheetmusic shop
run in partnership with one of the UKs largest music distributors can supply a huge selection of music of all styles and for all instruments with particular emphasis on music for wind instruments. Over 100,000 titles are listed and it is very easy to search so have a look now!
WORKSHOPS
Leading UK wind instrument technician Graham de Vere White has his workshops upstairs at the shop and is normally here during shop opening hours except for Fridays.
He can be contacted on his direct line 01462 421402.
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TWITTER
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https://twitter.com/johnmyattwwb
PRICES
Price increases continue to arrive at a rapid rate as always we make every effort to keep the web site up to date but there will inevitably be prices that are not up to date.
We only have in stock a small selection of the listed instruments and accessories so please check
before making a special journey!
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