Take the number of piano and violin students in this city seriously and the category makes sense. Richmond supports a dense network of music teaching, and the shops follow it: sheet music, method books, strings, reeds, rentals, tuning and repair. Several Golden Village units combine retail with teaching studios upstairs.
The other half is band and stage gear: guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, PA systems and rehearsal-room rentals, mostly in the plazas and the light-industrial pockets where noise is not a problem. DJ and recording equipment specialists sit closer to City Centre. Listings show hours, and note where lessons or instrument repair are offered alongside sales.
Piano dealer and recital hall on Bridgeport Road, with roots going back to a repair business started in 1936. Carries Kawai, Bosendorfer and Roland digital pianos, and runs an attached music school. Tuning and restoration are handled in house.
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High-end piano showroom on the third level of Aberdeen Centre and BC's exclusive dealer for several European makers including Fazioli. Also runs a music academy on site, so you can hear the instruments being played most days you visit.
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Nothing on Alexandra Road is a hidden gem. It is just in a strip mall with bad signage and no patio, which is why visitors never find it. Here is how I actually use Richmond's plazas and food courts, which specialists are worth the drive, and when not to bother.
The West Dyke Trail is about five and a half kilometres of flat gravel between Terra Nova Rural Park and Garry Point, and I ride it most mornings. Here is what is actually at the north end, which way to walk so the wind is on your side, and why winter is the better season for it.
I live four blocks off Moncton Street, so this is the Steveston I actually use: where to park before the Bayview lots fill, how to buy fish straight off the boats at the wharf, the honest answer to the Pajo's versus Dave's question, and why the history here is not decoration.
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