Robert M. Sides Family Music Center, State College PA

Decent selection of stuff but do not trust these people to fix your instruments. Specifically guitars and basses. They have no clue how to set either up. They will strip your hardware and charge you. They put bass strings that were entirely too short for my extra long scale bass and still charged me, despite the lowest strings being completely unplayable. They shipped my friends guitar out and returned it to him even more unplayable than when he originally gave it to them. Charged him 150 for set up and new hardware, still returned with hardware stripped to death.

Stick to classical instruments guys.

This has been a problem since I was 17 and I'm 29 now.

Zach helped me find and purchase the perfect piano that I was looking for. 10/10 on the product and 10/10 on the customer service.

The staff were attentive, and they have a wide variety of instruments available. Wood winds, strings, piano, drums, amps and percussion equipment, a very well rounded store. Prices were reasonable, and I could head music lessons faintly in The background so I assume they offer lessons as well. Found the selection quite impressive.

Awesome family music center with a good selections of guitars. I recently purchased a pair of amp headphones there as well as some guitar accessories, and I couldn't be happier. I will likely be returning here for my next official guitar purchase.

Good product, not much sales hustle, and if you Google the product you want you will know more than all the sales staff combined in 1 minute. I was in the mood to buy, and they could easily have upsold, or added accessories no problem. Bought the keyboard as it was there, but Amazon had me the accessories the next day. Amazon would have sold me the keyboard for the same price, and it too would also have arrived just as fast. I don't want these real stores to dissappear, but I do see why they do.

Great service and communication since I made an online purchase. Excellent packaging and shipping. I would purchase items again with no hesitation. Great people, great place!

It was good, they have guitars and pianos etc. They were able to repair my guitar. Not sure if they could fix my piano, because I've never tried to get my piano fixed by them. I'm sure that if I wanted to get my piano fixed, I could drive over there and ask them if they're able to fix it. However, I don't have any reason to fix my piano. My guitar was the thing that needed repairs, not my piano. This is why I got my guitar fixed by them, in conclusion, and so if you need to get your guitar fixed, they can probably fix it, because they are able to repair and sell guitars.

The staff is very knowledgeable and help you with any questions that you may have. Their prices are the same as those found online and even lower when they have a sale. A great shopping experience!

Good place but it was a little weird due to remodeling for a while but now it’s fine. I hope to come back soon once I feel like taking lessons again.

Spend $530.00 in there store, and had such rude employees there today 8-4-20. So inconsiderate and very unprofessional! Would not recommend anyone to ever do business there! Find some place better! Trust me!

Kyle at Robert M Sides kept my daughter’s drum lessons rolling right through the pandemic. Excellent instructor, terrific place!

Thank you for your assistance in purchasing a professional level flute. You had 3 choices available in store and some others available at other stores. We appreciated the knowledge you offered in helping us make a selection.

I texted that I needed strings for my sons cello and they got right back to me and gave me options and mailed them out to me that same day. Fantastic job and thank you so much!

Amazing music store. I had a taylor guitar that needed adjusted. Spoke to Zac and he had me come in. Zac paid attention to every small detail. He was set to go to lunch at 3 but stayed over until almost 4 o'clock to make sure the guitar was set up exactly as it should be for optimum playability. I live 3 hours away and was in town visiting friends. Zack's professionalism and attention to detail will be the reason I come back here for all my guitar needs. The shop also stocks some amazing taylor guitars

Jeff is an amazing musician and excellent guitar teacher. Our son has improved so much in the last 2 years. He especially enjoyed rock camp last summer and can’t wait to do it again!

Both our girls loved the music lessons they took there. Kyle (and Matt) for drums and also Jeff for guitar/bass. Highly recommend!