What wonderful music store. Not like the big ones in Tampa.
Nice to have a music store in Lutz.
Don and Marsha are really nice, willing to help you with what you need.
I went looking for some strings. Went to all the big stores in Tampa. All said they didn’t have them but none said they would be able to get them.
Don made a call and in a few days I had the strings I wanted.
I had done business with them before. So it wasn’t the first time I had excellent service, and it won’t be last.
Thank you….
I have been attending lessons here for almost 3 years and I have to say Don and Marsha make me feel like family. Add to that the fantastic instructor Will (guitar) and it keeps me coming back month after month. I highly recommend.
Great people with old school customer service, who want to help the customer.
Over priced but nice people
Nice convenient family owned business with a good variety
I want to rock….
Just saw a facebook post where a dear friend and his young son came into this place and were treated poorly. From being watched, to being told that all the drums sticks were the same as to say “You don’t have to look at all of them” Trent is a musical prodigy and to say all drumsticks are the same means you are not qualified for this job because we know better. And to also tell him to not allow his son touch anything as to imply that he would is just downright trifling. Whoever this lady is whether an employee or owner, your customer service is A1 trash.
Very awful would not recommend!
During piano classes, instructor was falling a sleep and did fall asleep several times. When she came out she told us that the student was doing horrible and it took a long time because of the student. But really it was because the instructor kept falling asleep. We chose Happy Tunes because we had three people to enroll and they could get them all in on the same day at the same time. But after only two lessons they tried to change one student to Thursdays and the other two to Wednesdays.
We did get a refund, but after much fighting. Don’t go here!
My family and I went to patronize this small business to find my 3 year old son some drum sticks and not only were we not kindly welcomed into the store, my son was asked not to touch anything (in a music shop) especially not the drums. After removing my son from the drum set we were shown to the room where the sticks were. As my husband (who is a musician) was looking through the sticks, we were approached again to pretty much just grab a pair because they were all the same and the lady stood over our shoulders until we basically told her we would go somewhere else. In a world where we don’t know each others troubles and where small businesses are really having a hard time staying alive, it would be nice to be treated with more respect when someone attempts to keep their money in the small business realm. Don’t waste your time. I’d literally give zero stars if I could.
4. Live Music With Barefoot Bob O
Address: 21629 Silver Bay Pl, Land O’ Lakes, FL 34637 , Land O’ Lakes , Florida , United States
Good morning, my name is Hernando, I am a luthier technician from Brazil. Please I need your help. I am needing to buy amber and transparent shellac sticks, only that I have a relative in Orlando who is returning to Brazil this coming Monday and I do not have time to buy directly from Instrument Clinic, Vota tool, JL Smith because the delivery times are very long, Could you please sell me some sticks to use in my work? thank you so much! my whatsapp +5511971480632
I’m a pro saxophonist and Steve Bockus has been my technician since I was 13 years old. He’s a wizard at his craft!
Was on tour and my horn broke. Steve took me right in and fixed my horn immediately and sent me on my way! There isn’t a nicer guy on the planet and I HIGHLY Recomended everyone use this wonderful shop!
Very knowledgeable and honest with this assessment of what needs to be done and give options including external solutions
I bought my flute from then back in 1986 . I have brought it in the them for a complete overall so my daughter can use it for her first instrument.
Did not repair two flutes left for over a year. Went back to collect them and they were initially lost .
Finally picked them up after I was notified that they found them.
Will take them to a more organized repair shop and not this hole-in-the-wall.
I can’t say enough good things about being able to study with Daniel Joiner. He’s an incredible musician and teacher. His knowledge of theory and music genres – jazz/gospel/classical/praise music is absolutely amazing. He worked to understand the goals I was trying to accomplish and has given me very specific ideas and instructions on how to attain them. I’m so pleased that I’ve been able to study with him.
As a parent, there is nothing like seeing your child connect with their teacher and succeed in reaching their own personal goals. Daniel Joiner is an extraordinarily talented musician and has been a patient teacher with my son. It has been said that music is the language of the soul and Daniel has been instrumental in helping my son beautifully communicate his soul to the world. As a grateful parent, I can’t give anything less than 5 stars. Thank you, Daniel.
Daniel Joiner is an excellent teacher who will help you improve your piano skills whatever your experience level may be. I took piano lessons from Daniel for several years and have learned unbelievable jazz chords through all the changes in every key. He helped to increase my confidence level so that I can sit down and actually play music and improvise over a chord progression. Fun stuff. Thank you Daniel for your patience and expertise.
9. MGB Guitars & Parts Supplier
Address: 15603 W County Line Rd, Odessa, FL 33556 , Land O’ Lakes , Florida , United States
Awesome customer service. Great prices. Absolute best business in the Tampa Bay area. The owner is always available to answer questions or give advice. Products are top quality. I’ve been doing business with MGB for over a year and have never had a bad experience.
10. Hudson Piano Studio
Address: 5549 Beamin Dew Loop, Land O’ Lakes, FL 34638 , Land O’ Lakes , Florida , United States
Derek Hudson delivers fun, engaging yet structured lessons. My kids love him and are learning so much and have made a lot of progress! What I enjoy the most is that he uses positive incentives to encourage children to practice and master the songs and each week he gives them “homework;” songs to practice at home.
I highly recommend Hudson Piano Studio!!!! My daughter has been a student for a few years now and Mr. D goes above and beyond! From motivational surprises and super fun incentives to tailoring the music she’s learning to songs that she is Eager to play. I can’t say enough good things about Hudson Piano Studio.
We are so impressed and pleased with Hudson Piano Studio. Our 10 yr old daughter is learning the joy of piano playing, and not just the discipline. “Mr. D” is incredibly skilled, trustworthy, and also thoughtful in his approach with making piano lessons engaging and enjoyable. He is professional, patient, always pleasant to be around. My daughter has learned so much and we feel she has received excellent instruction. We highly recommend Hudson Piano Studio!
The absolute highlight of our wedding reception in Tampa, Florida was Mario. EVERYONE was blown away by how incredible he was throughout the evening. I cannot recommend hiring him enough. He is a true professional, wildly entertaining, and such a kind soul. 15/10 would recommend!
Mario and his team were the absolute highlight of the wedding reception and kept the dance floor packed the entire evening! A must have!
So talented and really set the ambiance! Can’t wait to see him perform again!
12. K and M TREASURES OF LAND O LAKES
Address: 4312 Land O’ Lakes Blvd, Land O’ Lakes, FL 34639 , Land O’ Lakes , Florida , United States
I happened across this store today, for the first time, and fell in love with not only all the goodies for sale… but the couple that owns it!
I, too, sell vintage items and was really impressed with what they had to offer and was super happy to see that their prices were in my budget. (Actually priced to resell, at that!)
I am not familiar with the Land O’ Lakes area, and since I was stuck there for an hour, I drove around and wound up pulling into Famous Treasures to kill some time.
I am so thankful that I found this “treasure”, pun intended! 😉
Shame on whoever gave this place a bad review because although I would love to keep this store to myself… you will definitely miss out if you drive by!
Once a month, I have to make the drive from Port Richey and now I actually look forward to being stuck in Land O’ Lakes for an hour. (or two!)
Love the owners. Share their knowledge and experiences with everyone.
I always find something that fits my need.
I’ve been going here for years, always a pleasent experience!
Always finding random treasures
Could be a lot cleaner. Unkept
Company buys and sells junk on Ebay. One of the staff members, Steve, told me I “better watch what I say” because he is a private investigator. Bottom line is that my experience with this company was horrible. It’s not worth stopping to see so just keep on driving buy, unless you want to encounter rude and trollish staff like I did.
Both my kids took piano lessons from Sandy and loved it!!!!! She is an incredible teacher – extremely kind, patient and professional. This is a very well established company with amazing credentials and talent. HIGHLY recommend them!!!
I reached out to Burt in early January and have been working with him since. He does a great job of guiding me in the right direction, encouraging me when warranted, and gently correcting my errors to help me improve. I’d highly recommend him to beginners and seasoned players alike.
Greg Koss helped me to learn the basics of playing the flute. I hope to go back and learn how to play the clarinet as well. My dad got his bass there and wants to play it. Greg is very friendly and courteous plus he knows music!
16. Discovery Golf Cars
Address: 3904 Land O’ Lakes Blvd, Land O’ Lakes, FL 34639 , Land O’ Lakes , Florida , United States
We had the pleasure of working with Louis to complete the purchase of an Icon i40L. He was great to work with and took the time to not only answer any questions we had but as first time purchasers to also fill in any knowledge gaps that existed. The time to finish the deal was minimal and delivery was fast. To top everything off they also had the best selection and prices in the area.
Bought a cart from discovery yesterday (Land O Lakes). Shortly after arriving I was greeted by Mark. He was nice, knowledgeable, and very patient. I really didn’t know what I wanted so I test drove a few carts until I found the one I ultimately went with. All in all great experience. Good price, great service. I would definitely do business with them again
Definitely recommend Discovery Golf Cars, they are very helpful and great to do business with. I am thrilled with my new Advanced EV car and thank you to Claude for helping me with my choice.
Friendly salesperson but not really interested in making a “deal”. Large inventory, almost to much to see.
Staff is nice. Be prepared to wait.
Friendly & good priceed.
I have being dealing with this company for several years now. Recently took my Golf kart to them for service and have a Bluetooth stereo system installed along with several other things replaced. ($ couple thousand dollars worth of items ) When I got my Kart back I noticed that it had a different set of keys than what I dropped it off with. I called the company spoke to a woman and explained my situation to her and she said they change out the keys when they do these Bluetooth upgrades. I said ok but where are my original keys and key chain that we’re in it. Keep in mind no one ever told me this was going to happen when we talked about the upgrade in the beginning. I told her the key chain was personal to me as it was my dog that had passed collar that he wore for 15 years and I would like it back. She stated she would ask around to her mechanics and get back to me. I called a couple of days later to check with her and her response was “no we don’t have it “. How could you not have it we just picked it up a few days ago?
I felt her response to me lacked compassion and she was too busy to deal with this. So basically The dog collar that my best friend wore daily is gone and I should move on . That dog rode on the golf kart every time it left the shop and I figured it was appropriate in his honor and remembrance to have his collar as the key chain.
To those who have lost a four legged friend you know what this means to you !
So the lesson here is if you have your kart serviced here be sure to remove all personal items as you may loose them to people too busy to pay attention .
Very disappointed in the way they handled this situation .
Was very upset when I recommended them to my neighbor who paid 7k for a used golf cart that was suppose to have new batteries in it. When Thier batteries died after 2 months they didn’t want to help or do anything about it. Beware!
I am not one to leave bad reviews but this experience over the past few years has not been very positive.
My parents are both in their 80’s and they are unable to drive a car anymore so they decided to buy a golf cart so they can go to Publix by their house and to the local restaurants in the shopping center. They were originally looking at a golf cart on the lot that was less expensive and a little older but the salesman recommended this one. In the beginning it seemed fine but shortly after there were a few issues causing it to be in the shop multiple times. Keep in mind when new it had new batteries, lights wheels, paint and more. Here is a time line of the issues roughly that I can remember:
* within a year the charger was tested because it was not charging right(given back said nothing was wrong with it). Center cap to one of the wheels would not stay on(corrected at no charge).
*within first 2 years the switch was replaced that indicates the charging level of the batteries(No charge).
*Around 4 yrs old was told it needed new batteries. I questioned the charger was told it was definitely the batteries. We paid to replace the batteries. 2 months later the cart would not charge. Discovery picked up the cart and was told it needed a new charger. We told them within the first year that there was an issue with this charger. Michelle told my parents it would be $400 for the charger. I proceeded to leave a review and the owner Marty was kind enough to exchange the bad Battery charger at no cost so I removed my review.
* 13 months after these batteries were installed the cart stopped running again(my elderly parents had to get help to push it back to their house). Again Discovery came by and picked up the cart. After they inspected the cart we were told the Solenoid was bad, the batteries were bad and the wiring to the solenoid. My parents were quoted $1300 for this repair. I went in the dealership with my parents and talked to Marty. Marty said the batteries were warrantied and he would do the rest of the repairs for free (if the batteries were warrantied why were they charging us for them on the quote).
** – At this time prior to all this work being done was told that the cart was worth 8-9k retail once fixed because the prices and demand has really gone up but was only offered $2k on a trade. We were trying to trade this one in because of the multiple problems and my parents were afraid to use it and afraid of getting stuck but seeing that Marty was not charging them we went ahead and had it fixed and delivered back to us.
* 2 months after the 3rd set of batteries in a little over 5 yrs was installed it still was not running right. Discovery sent a tech to the house and informed us the motor was bad now and that it would be $1250.
My mother called in and Marty answered the phone and did not want to talk to them and said Michelle is the one handling this and transferred the call. My mother asked if there was any discounting the price because of all the problems and she said absolutely not. My Mother then asked about a trade and she said it was ONLY WORTH $500! – What a joke and slap in the face.
I sent a picture of the cart to another dealer and informed them about the motor issue and they said it was worth $3k – $4k.
In case you are wondering if the batteries were maintained by my parents, they set an alarm on their phone to check the water every 2 weeks.
There are a lot of golf cart dealers out there so please make sure, before you spend a few thousand, you do your research.
Sorry for the long review but wanted consumers to be informed.
17. UnderSwitch Studios
Address: 3937 Duke Firth St, Land O’ Lakes, FL 34638 , Land O’ Lakes , Florida , United States
Mike was great with communication and helpful with ensuring the piano move went smoothly. The Steinway I received was what was advertised, and I would do business with Picarzo if I was to buy another piano.
What an AMAZING experience!! I started a search over a month ago for a piano for my wife and daughters to play. Without a lot of knowledge, I reached out to Michael Pratt at Picarzo Pianos. After weeks of emailing, texting pics and videos, as well as chatting on the phone, our new piano is on the way. Michael went above and beyond in every way possible. He pointed me in the right direction, and even advised me to visit some local piano stores nearby to further educate myself. No pressure tactics….super responsive and a really enjoyable person to work with. I would highly recommend Michael and Picarzo to anyone in the market for a piano!
I am a fairly advanced player, who works professionally as an Accompanist, amongst other gigs. I was in the market for a piano that inspired and moved me, and also had excellent, properly built specs. I found it at Picarzo Pianos. I have nothing but positive words about the store, and Mike. I was allowed to play as many instruments I was interested in, with ZERO pressure. I took my time, and when I played the Hailun semi-concert grand, I was brought to tears. Mike and I negotiated a good price, worked out all details over email, and I received my piano when I wanted it delivered. I am thrilled with it, and with Picarzo Pianos! I heartily recommend them, whether for your “Rolls Royce” model, or an excellent beginner instrument for your child or yourself. Music changes us; let Picarzo Pianos help you on your musical journey.
