Opening Hours:
Monday-Saturday: 10:00-18:00
Sunday: 12:00-17:00
Shop Details:
24 Rathbone Place,
Situated just off Oxford Street, our London Shop is easily reached from Tottenham Court Road tube station, and is only a little further from Oxford Circus. This busy shop has London’s best choice of Folk Instruments, and a big range of Guitars, World Percussion and Recorders, and there is something different to see every time you come in.
Our London staff have many years of experience with us and are very knowledgeable.
We can arrange musical instrument repairs and setups, and we offer restrings, valuations and part exchanges in the shop. Get in touch to let us know how we can help you with your instrument!
We are very close to Tottenham Court Road Tube station – exit the station on to Oxford Street and turn left. Rathbone Place is a few streets along on the right hand side.
Paul G
Front of House Manager
Expertise:
Sonny B
Assistant Manager
Expertise:
Juliet
Sales Assistant
Expertise:
Duncan
Sales Assistant
Ben
Sales Assistant
Expertise:
Stringed - Guitar, mandolin
Free Reed - Melodeon
Marie
Sales Assistant
We do repairs! We carry out some instrument repair work on site, and can also send instruments to specialist repairers for more complicated work. Repair work undertaken includes ukulele, bouzouki, mandolin and guitar setups and restringing, accordion, melodeon and concertina tuning and repairs, woodwind and brass repairs and maintenance, specialist violin set ups and repairs, bridge and peg fitting, bow rehairs, banjo or drum skin replacement, and much more besides – contact us for information or bring in your instrument for a free, no-obligation quote.
If you're looking to sell a musical instrument then get in touch to see what we can offer you. We buy some instruments outright if the price is right, and we'll consider a trade-in for almost any instrument. We also take lots of instruments on a commission basis, and we're particularly keen to stock instruments by local luthiers and makers. Bring in your unwanted guitars, ukuleles, banjos, concertinas, melodeons, accordions, flutes, woodwind and brass instruments, violins, keyboards and more, and we'll see what we can do for you! If your instrument is bulky or you would need to travel a fair way to get to us, please do contact us by email or phone first so we can let you know whether it's worth bringing in.
We are often able to offer short or long term musical instrument rentals for various types of instrument. If you would like to rent a musical instrument from us, please get in touch to find out how we can help.
There are many teachers listed on our site that specialise in a range of instruments including: Free Reed, Frets, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Vocal and Woodwind.
We keep an ever-rotating supply of weird and wonderful instruments in stock at Hobgoblin Music in London. Sarangis, sitars, Kora harps, tabla and percussion from all around the world, plus loads and loads of banjos, concertinas, mandolins, bodhrans, ukueleles, fiddles and all your essential folk instruments. Downstairs we have some fantastic Gongs, and a good selection of acoustic guitars, including Blueridge, Tanglewood, Washburn, Cort and many more. We love secondhand instruments! If you're selling, let us know and we'll see how we can help you.
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