A visit to Howrens, whether just for fun to look around, or for the serious musician, is going to be a fun and educational venture whether you looking for an instrument or need professional musical advice. All the staff have deep levels of experience and they are all very motivated to teach people about music and hopefully lead them to the musical instrument which will ultimately be a successful choice for the individual. I have been taking lessons at Howrens for about a year and always look forward to being greeted by the friendly staff, getting great expert advice on my intrument and music in general, and i love to look throughout the store at their great inventory of instruments. The previous 'review' by the rude disgruntled person with the autistic child is absolutely ridiculous and the parent is completely out of line in bashing the staff at this great store because they had the honesty to suggest that the person's daughter needed more professional help than the music teachers had the ability to provide. Howrens has a warm and family-like atmosphere which is welcoming to all. The staff do however have to insist on properly educating all renters on the care of the rented instruments so to keep up the quality of instruments so that future renters can be assured of good instruments to use. I think this is a very laudable attribute of the staff at Howrens. It shows they care about their customers and their instruments.
Pros: Great staff. Great musical instrument inventory
Cons: Zero.
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