Forsyth Music Shop

04/12/2023

Look at this beauty 😍

📸Atkin L36 12 fret Black Special Mahogany Top
So new it's not on our website, but it's available in store to try out!

03/12/2023

✨New✨

We've got these fantastic Beatles Yellow Submarine themed ukuleles, paired with a matching themed strap it'd make a fantastic gift for a Beatles fan!

Available in store!

02/12/2023

✨New✨

Themed plectrums! A great gift for any guitarist, you can never have too many plectrums!

So new they're not on our website

30/11/2023

We stock ukuleles for a variety of budgets, here's Jen introducing some of our more budget friendly ones!

Come visit us instore or online for our full range of ukuleles -> https://www.forsyths.co.uk/32094-ukulele

29/11/2023

A quick reminder that our Christmas Gift of the Day campaign starts on Friday 1st December!

Sign up to our mailing list to receive handpicked music themed gift recommendations, and for a change to win a Steel Tongue Drum

Sign up here -> http://eepurl.com/HC5yv

27/11/2023

This medium scale Squier bass is great for those starting out on their bass journey, and this bass features a Fender voiced humbucker pickup for a massive tone, and a very comfortable C shaped neck for ease of playability. A perfect gateway drug to all things bass!

📸Squier Affinity Series Jaguar Bass H Metallic Orange
🔗https://www.forsyths.co.uk/guitars/bass-guitars/148775-squier-affinity-series-jaguar-bass-h-metallic-orange.html

26/11/2023

Competition Time!

Those of you who are already subscribed to our email newsletter will remember last years Christmas Gift of the Day emails, where we gave you a musical gift idea everyday in the run up to Christmas.

Mozart and Bearthoven love this campaign and are such big fans of the Mini Steel Tongue Drum that they're giving one away! All you have to do is follow along with the Gift of the Day emails and count how many times our Composer Bears pop up

Subscribe here -> http://eepurl.com/HC5yv

Follow along with the emails, count the composer bears and fill out our survey at the end of the month for your chance to win a Meinl Mini Steel Tongue Drum!

24/11/2023

If you're looking to spend less than £200 on a first acoustic it's fair to say there are plenty out there to choose from

However the quality levels of these entry level guitars vary wildly and we believe it's critical that you start with the best possible guitar. Get a good one like the Crossroads and it can be the start of a fantastic voyage!

Featuring high quality hardware that will ensure your guitar holds it's tuning between sessions, this guitar will keep you coming back for more

📸Tanglewood Crossroads Folk Acoustic Guitar
🔗https://www.forsyths.co.uk/guitars/acoustic-guitars/128602-tanglewood-crossroads-twcr-o.html

23/11/2023

Instrument department recommends!

These Cort G250SE are very versatile instrument, suiting many different playing styles. They also come in a range of colours!

See the selection here -> https://www.forsyths.co.uk/32930-cort

22/11/2023

Mozart and Bearthoven love to hang out with the Meinl Pocket and Mini tongue drums, they're just the right size for small bear paws!

📸Meinl Pocket Steel Tongue Drums and Mini Steel Tongue Drums
🔗https://www.forsyths.co.uk/instruments/percussion/147338-2808-meinl-mini-steel-tongue-drums.html #/32-available_colours-black

21/11/2023

Unsure what to buy your musical loved one this Christmas? Don't worry! Sign up to our email mailing list and receive daily gift ideas in the run up to Christmas. From grand pianos to kazoos, we'll have something for everyone!

Sign up here -> http://eepurl.com/HC5yv

21/11/2023

It was a pleasure to host Alan Clark from Dire Straits at Forsyths for a sold out fundraising gig for the Manchester charity Olympias Music Foundation . We raised over £1,000 that evening. Here's a little piece put together by BBC Radio Manchester highlighting the evening's good cause.

20/11/2023

Thinking of buying yourself or a loved one a musical instrument for Christmas, but not sure where to start?

As well as having expert staff in all our departments ready to advise you on your next purchase, we also offer free 30 minute trial music lessons across a range of instruments!

See here for more info -> https://www.forsyths.co.uk/content/12-music-lessons

19/11/2023

🎵It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...🎵

Forsyth is Christmas ready, we have decked the halls ready for the festive season!
Also featuring a sneak peak at our 12 Days of Christmas themed window, stay tuned for more!

17/11/2023

A beauty 😍

Not only does it have 3 Gold Foil mini humbucking pickups, you also have the Bigsby B50 vibrato, stunning pearloid block inlays, a matching headstock and it comes with a gig bag!

📸 Fender Gold Foil Jazzmaster Shoreline Gold
🔗https://www.forsyths.co.uk/guitars/electric-guitars/148387-fender-gold-foil-jazzmaster-shoreline-gold.html

16/11/2023

Why delay?...your Christmas Cards are here for you today!

✨We have a Superb range of Christmas cards including charity packs, individual contemporary & 'Recipe inside' tantalising cards! ✨

Visit us here in our Sheet Music Department & online ---> https://www.forsyths.co.uk/search?controller=search&s=christmas+cards

Much more Christmas in store... Birthdays too! 🤩
Look forward to seeing you!✨✨✨

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16/11/2023

Our 'street piano' at Manchester Piccadilly station gets a lot of use and brings joy to many people passing through. It is, however, a rather unforgiving environment for an acoustic piano - temperature and humidity fluctuations, lots of very intense heavy playing. We frequently pop in to do running repairs, but yesterday was a little more major replacement of 5 snapped bass strings. Our piano this week is part of Prevent Breast Cancer awareness raising campaign where music helps to draw attention and raise the spirits. On Saturday watch out for singer pianist Suzie Rubin. Thank you to Forsyth's Winnie Su for starting off the campaign in style yesterday!

15/11/2023

Ever wondered what the difference between a £500 and a £5,000 Martin guitar is?

These two models show the extra detail that goes in to the bracing on upper end Martin guitars

15/11/2023

UPDATE: Arrangements have now been made for Audrey's funeral and we would be pleased to pass on the details to anyone who would like to come along to celebrate her life. Please either phone the shop (0161 834 3281 ext 100) and speak to Emma or a member of the office staff or email [email protected]

14/11/2023

James couldn't resist having a go on our new Autoharp, come see it for yourself before he adds it to his own collection of instruments 😉

13/11/2023

The gorgeous Mercury and Neptune Blue Moons from 💙

Shop our range of Faith guitar's here -> https://www.forsyths.co.uk/32065-faith-guitars

12/11/2023

Casio Music are delighted to offer all new Privia PX-S7000 customers the perfect complement to our award winning and most stylish pianos. Experience the stunning beauty of the PX-S7000 in your own home with a set of designer headphones worth £199!

10/11/2023

✨Free concert✨

Join us next Friday for a free concert with Mimi Chow & Aaron Le Maistre and their teacher concert pianist Kathryn Stott.

Sign up for your place here -> https://www.forsyths.co.uk/content/449-friday-17-november-french-piano-classics-mimi-chow-aaron-le-maistre-with-kathryn-stott

Programme:

Claude Debussy
Reverie
Soloist: Mimi Chow

Maurice Ravel/Vincenzo Maltempo
Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No.2
(Arrangement for Solo Piano)
Soloist: Aaron Le Maistre

Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L.86
(Arrangement for Two Pianos)
Soloist: Mimi Chow
With: Kathryn Stott on second piano

Lili Boulanger
Trois Morceaux pour piano
Soloist: Mimi Chow
I. D'un Vieux Jardin
II. D'un Jardin Clair
III. Cortege

Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major
Soloist: Aaron Le Maistre
With: Kathryn Stott on Second Piano
I. Allegramente
II. Adagio assai
III. Presto

09/11/2023

UPDATE: Arrangements have now been made for Audrey's funeral and we would be pleased to pass on the details to anyone who would like to come along to celebrate her life. Please either phone the shop (0161 834 3281 ext 100) and speak to Emma or a member of the office staff or email [email protected]

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Forsyth stalwart Audrey Wilson (1947-2023) earlier this week. Audrey joined the Sheet Music Department at Forsyths in 1964 when she was 17. She'd been planning to go on to teacher training college, but found her home/calling at Forsyths and left when she reached retirement age. Forsyths is also where she met her husband Paul - at the time an RNCM student who worked part-time in the department. Audrey was head of Sheet Music from the early 70s and her 43 years of energetic knowledgeable service to Forsyths and the musical community of Manchester and beyond is legendary.

Sadly Audrey's husband Paul also died earlier this year.

08/11/2023

Back in stock!

The wait is over - Kawai KDP120s are now back in stock, just in time for Christmas!

🔗https://www.forsyths.co.uk/pianos/digital-pianos/kawai-digital-pianos/131801-1525-kawai-kdp120-digital-piano.html

07/11/2023

How many strings?! This is the new Cort A5 Beyond Bass Guitar, with fan frets and beautiful Bubinga top on Ash body

So new it's not on our website!

06/11/2023

It was absolute pleasure to host Alan Clark from Dire Straits on Friday night. We all had a fantastic evening with the added bonus of raising money for a hard working local musical cause. Thank you everyone who gave so generously and an extra big thank you to Alan for performing for us all.

06/11/2023

Did you know that today is National Saxophone Day?

If you can't treat yourself to this gorgeous Conn Selmer Premiere Tenor Sax, then we have a range of accessories and cleaning packs to keep your own saxophone in top condition!

05/11/2023

Making changing all 12 strings on this Guild look easy!

04/11/2023

Pets scared by the fireworks? Come and join us for two nights of calming classical music, in the musical sanctuary we call Pet Classics. 🐾

📻 Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 November, 5-9pm.

03/11/2023

Alan Clark (Dire Straits) is performing on his favourite piano at Forsyth, our Bösendorfer 230 Vienna Concert.

03/11/2023

7.15pm we will be live streaming tonight's sold-out fundraising gig with Alan Clark - please do join us if you can! Live feed here:- https://www.facebook.com/events/644635887823367/?mibextid=eTXpx5

And if you felt moved to support tonights good cause (Olymipas Music Foundation) please do send a donation via Just Giving:- https://www.justgiving.com/page/forsyth-brothers-ltd-alan-clark-gig-031123

There's a week to go before we welcome Alan Clark of Dire Straits for a fundraising gig, and there's still time to book your place!

https://www.forsyths.co.uk/content/446-friday-3-november-alan-clark-dire-straits-fundraising-for-omf

03/11/2023

Here's James on a Mercury Naked, a gorgeous solid wood parlour guitar

🔗 https://www.forsyths.co.uk/guitars/acoustic-guitars/faith-guitars/119268-faith-mercury-naked-fkm-parlour-acoustic-guitar.html

02/11/2023

✨New✨

You ask, we provide! We've now got packs of Ernie Ball Earthwood and Aluminium Bronze acoustic guitar strings. Pick up your pack in store today!

01/11/2023

How cool is this?

31/10/2023

My boss: "Are you putting fingerprints on my piano????"
Me: 👀 ... nooo because they disappear and leave no evidence👀

Schimmel's limited edition design super-matte finishes are stylish and absolute wizardry! Available on the Wilhelm W114T and C121EM model uprights and C169T Black Pearl baby grand.... (stay tuned, we have one arriving soon and spoiler alert: it's STUNNING)

31/10/2023

It's that spooky time of year again and passers by our window will have noticed that the very talented Stephen Campbell has been at work! We're assured all bloodstains will wash out and an exorcist has been booked for Wednesday. Happy Halloween!

31/10/2023

There's nothing scarier than a dusty instrument! This Halloween treat your guitar to a cleaning kit. These Dunlop kits contain everything you need to get your guitar in tip top shape!

30/10/2023

This week Mozart and Bearthoven have found our Squier Sonic range. Available in several models and colours. These guitars are a fantastic beginner electric guitar!

🔗https://www.forsyths.co.uk/32544-squier-electric-guitars

29/10/2023

✨Sheet Music Weekly Fave's✨

Mike's very special recommendation this week is...

'Cesar Franck, Intégrale de l'œuvre d'orgue'
Complete Organ Works (Complete 4 volume set)

It is a publication of the very highest quality which has been painstakingly researched and presented in an attractive, clear, concise and beautifully produced series of four hardback volumes.
Franck’s journey from unsettled pianist to master craftsman at the organ is presented in a new light. The objective of this chronologically ordered edition spanning the three different periods of his life, combines as many elements as possible from the study of available autograph manuscripts, first editions and letters, in the hope of contributing to a more holistic evaluation, in practical terms, of his output for organ.
This fine collection has been two years in the making and leaves no stone unturned in understanding Franck, the composer, the musician, his music and its performance.

Available in store in our Sheet Music Department & online --->

https://www.forsyths.co.uk/music/by-instrument/piano-keyboard-instruments/organ/198853-franck-cesar-complete-organ-works-l-integrale-de-l-oeuvre-d-orgue-9600700000099.html