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Gordon's Music & Sound Many people come to the experienced and professional teachers at Gordon's Music & Sound to learn how to play their new instruments. We currently have instructors for flute, brasswinds, strings, guitar, bass guitar, piano, voice, drums and percussion, but new teachers come in fairly frequently so keep checking with us to see if we can find a teacher for you.

Our lesson programs consist of one 30-minute session each week at a fixed day and time at only $25 per lesson. Here at Gordon's Music & Sound, we have a highly-experienced and talented group of instructors specializing in a variety of instruments. Improve your skills with our top-notch, private lessons.
Highlights and features
  • Saxophone
  • Brasswinds
  • Strings
  • Guitar
  • Bass
  • Piano
  • Voice
  • Drums & Percussion
  • Bass, Drums, Flute, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice
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Tim Acosta
Tim Acosta
Trumpet, Trombone & Horn
Tim Acosta holds both Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Trumpet Performance from San Francisco State and Cal State East Bay respectively. Tim currently teaches the Jazz Band, has taught Jazz History, Music Appreciation and Brass Class at Solano Community College.
Maxim Baluyev
Maxim Baluyev
Strings
Maxim Baluyev received his music education at Rimsky-Korsakoff College of Music in St.Petersburg, Russia and at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His Teachers include Albert Markov, Zaven Melikian, Denis DeCoto and Ian Swenson.
Alan Hall
Alan Hall
Guitar & Bass
Alan has performed professionally in the Bay Area and CA for over two decades, and has been an instructor of music for the past twelve. In the late ‘80’s he plied his early trade with the rock and metal outfits Flying Circus and Menagerie.
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D. Neil
Nov 06, 2021
Enjoyed going into the store and Cliff the store manager is very nice to talk to and very helpful. They have a lot of selection and the prices are really really good.
George McDowell
Aug 11, 2021
I would like to say thank you to Cassandra for the re-string this morning. The Gordon's family has always been good to me. thanks again
Janette Smith
Jul 10, 2021
The two young ladies that assisted me were kind, knowledgeable, and friendly. I happily signed up for drum lessons and felt good supporting a local business. I hope others will go to Gordon's for their musical needs, too!
Richard P.
Mar 18, 2021
Good quality inventory and people who know music. Was in the area and just needed a keyboard stand. Their service was friendly and informed. Much rather buy here than guess around online. Support local business!
Farshad Mehr
Jan 03, 2021
Excellent place. Have all musical instrument and great, well educated, and respectfully staff. Go here for music class and bought a Piano. Great price and very well service.
Jasmin A.
Jun 17, 2019
You can rent an instrument for your kid's school music class here. The prices were reasonable. They are very knowledgeable and showed me how to assemble the saxophone. Also, they were very helpful on how to clean it and how to properly attach the reed (including how to wet the reed properly). They were very patient with all the questions I had for the instrument, the rental process, etc.
Meredith S.
Mar 09, 2018
My son takes piano lessons here from Rick Lowe and it is great. Rick is the first piano teacher he's had that really takes time with him and really gets working with a kid. The staff at the store itself is very friendly and knowledgeable. We've never had a bad experience here.
Kimberly McGuire
Feb 05, 2017
We returned our rental violin a week before it was due and still were charged for the next month. When I contacted Gordon's they stated they would look into it. After many calls back and forth of them verifying that yes we had turned it in on time they said they would look into a refund. A month later still no refund. When I called again I was told by Mr. Gordon that maybe the problem was with my bank, that perhaps they were deciding not to post the credit.
J. B.
Dec 17, 2015
Bought a used supposedly "gone through" Marshall amp and brand new guitar and boss effects system. Brought both back numerous times because the sound from one of the two was cutting out. All returns to the store provided that they couldn't find the problem. When I returned home each time the cutting out of sound was apparent and obvious. The store would not refund my cash payment to buy a new amplifier but insisted I could trade for something else only.

I took the amp to another guitar shop in Sacramento and before I finished looking around the tech had found a cold solder joint with cracks in it which should have been obvious to someone that has been in the business for years. They either knew what was wrong and were too cheap to fix it, or they due to inexperience really had no idea. I had to pay to have it repaired when I shouldn't have had to.

I will never go back again. I would highly not recommend anyone buying from them as they don't stand behind their products. I also purchased almost $2000.00 worth of equipment from them to get screwed like I did. Thumbs down!
John Doe
Jan 14, 2014
Well, unfortunately I have to agree with the majority of the reviewers here. This is not a very good music store to do business with. Or, more specifically, the salesman/owner Gordon.yikes what a train wreck! I traveled to Gordon's music from out-of-town looking for a nice tube-amp for my guitar. I had spoken with a very nice lady on the phone, and she began helping me when I arrived at the store. However, her shift was ending, and she left for the day.

I wish I had left also. Well, to make a long story short- I tried asking the owner Gordon some questions about purchasing an amplifier, he basically refused to listen to what I wanted to buy, and attempted to force me to purchase the items that he had in stock. When I tried again to tell him that I was not interested in the amplifiers that they were currently stocking, he began a long, grouchy story about how "back in his day" he used to build amps from kits.yawn* And, please sell me what I am asking you for!

Well after 10-15 minutes I could see that I was wasting my time with this person. And so, after looking around locally, I found a wonderful music store in Benicia called ABC Music. Very Nice people who actually listen to my needs as a customer! I then purchased a great Vox amp from them, and have been a faithful customer ever since. And my guitar lives happily ever after.:-