buying

buying

instruments

Businesses with ** after their name give discounts to SMG members. See Members Discounts for details

• Bagpipes Galore **
  82 Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8BZ. 0131 556 4073
  Great sounding products at great prices. Store owner Ralph Hepburn has been behind many great piping products and continues to oversee production and testing.

• Drum Central
  61 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9PP. 0131 667 3844
  Scotland’s No. 1 Drum Store Since 1999. Everything you need in the way of drums, bodhrans etc.

• Garvie Bagpipes
  152 Albert Street, Edinburgh EH7 5LT. 0131 467 7535
  The leading independent Scottish makers of Border pipes and Scottish Smallpipes.

• Guitar Guitar
  283–287 St. Johns Road, Edinburgh EH12 7XF. 0131 3347100
  Stocked with around 650 electric and acoustic guitars as well as basses. Also amps, FX pedals and PA equipment.

• Kilberry Bagpipes **
  93 Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1QG. 0131 668 3303
  Lives and breath pipes. Everyone here has played pipes at competition level, and as part of our after sales service, they are more than happy to pass this experience on. Stock highland pipes, smallpipes, chanters, reeds, drums, books, music etc

• Mev Taylor’s Music Shop **
  58 Clerk Street, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9JB. T: 0131 667 6520
  In a new location from May 2009. All aspects of the musical instrument business. Also some instruments for hire

• Neil Kristof Ertz
  63 Lasswade Road, Liberton, Edinburgh, EH16 6SZ
  Neil makes violins, violas and cellos

• Rolston Accordions
  The Music & Dance Academy, Unit 1 , Block 4, 1 Belgrave Street, Bellshill Industrial Estate, Lanarkshire, ML4 3NP
  Everything and anything to do with new and used accordions.

• Rikki’s Music Shop
  100–102 Leith Walk Edinburgh, EH6 5DT. 0131 553 9391
  Family run business that sells a wide range of musical instruments including drums, pianos and brass instruments.

• Scayles **
  50 St Patrick Square (between Clerk St and Nicolson St), Edinburgh EH8 9EZ. T: 0131 667 8241
  Our kind, knowledgeable and helpful staff will astound and amaze as they guide you through the immense amount of stuff we have in stock.

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  Occasional second hand instruments and accessories for sale here
  
• Sounds Instrumental
  25 High Street, Musselburgh EH21 7AD . 0131 653 0651
  Importers and retailers of musical instruments and printed music. Online shopping too.

• Stringers
  13 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3EB . 0131 557 5432
  Stringers provides the complete range of stringed instruments, bows and accessories – from beginer to professional level

• Steve Burnett
  West Park Place Studios, 2/3 West Park Place, Dalry, Edinburgh EH11 2DP
  Steve builds violins, violas and cellos in the classical Italian tradition.

• Varsity Music
  8–10 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DH. 0131 557 4310
  New and used pianos. Small selection of other instruments

• Wilkies Music House
  2/4 Canal Crescent Perth. 01738 623041
  Combining tradition with technology, offering a wide range of modern digital equipment whilst retaining a passion and knowledge of traditional musical instruments. Large selection of new and used accordions.

CDs, DVDs, Sheet Music, etc

• Footstompin
  Scottish music (listen to all the CDs!), books, gifts and film. All purchases dispatched within 24 hours and 10% discount for returning customers. Discussion Forum’ for a general discussion on all things Celtic music.

• Musicscotland.com
  Online Scottish music at MusicScotland, Celtic music CD, DVD and video store with mp3 search engine and directory of Scottish music artists, bands, dance music and organisations in Scotland.

• Rae MacIntosh
  Rae Macintosh Music Ltd, 6 Queensferry Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4PA
  Tel 0131 2251171

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  Occasional second hand instruments for sale

• Taigh na Teud
  Online Scottish music books for fiddle, harp, bagpipes and many other traditional instruments, traditional song books, albums and DVDs. Also a range of Gaelic language books and albums and colouring books illustrating attractive Celtic and Pictish symbols.

• Scotchsnap
  An online sheet music store for Scottish music written by some of Scotland’s best known composers