Bert Murdock Music

The store mainly sells gear for young people and music beginners. So I took my kids in to get some band accessories on a Saturday morning. The huge store was mostly empty. And given that the few customers in there were openly and loudly trying all the instruments, I figured it would be ok for my 13 year old to try one of their beginner drum kits. I was wrong. For some reason the employee working there singled out my son and yelled at him (no exaggeration) for being too loud.
Don’t get me wrong, I get that it can be annoying for someone to pound obnoxiously on drums in a store. But that’s not what happened here. My son was just trying the kit very lightly. And he wasn’t disturbing ANYONE except for the employee that yelled at him. This is a music store for kids. But kids are not allowed — and certainly not encouraged — to try things.
So if you are looking for a place that will let your kids try out instruments and explore all of the possibilities that music has to offer them, go somewhere else. I will definitely not be returning.

It’s ok. Nothing but midgrade musical instruments. I don’t carry my size of drumsticks, but I’m sure it’s great for parents that have students with need for student level musical instruments of all types.

We stopped by this Murdock Bert Music to buy some beginning piano music. I’d like to learn to play and my girlfriend said this store would have what we needed. When we talked in my girlfriend was really surprised by how much the store had changed. At one time this music store had several grand pianos and a stage for recitals and now all of that is gone. Their focus appears to have shifted more towards string instruments like guitars and banjos. They also carry brass instruments, some violins, drums, a few electronic keyboards and all manner of other musical instruments and accessories. But as far as pianos and piano music their selection is a lot less than my girlfriend remember it. Even still we found two really good beginning piano books and that was that. The staff at the store was friendly and I was impressed by the sheer amount of STUFF they had. I don’t know much about music but Murdock Bert Music seemed like it had just about anything you could ask for.