Resources
Here are answers to some common questions we get asked and some resources we have found to be reliable and useful over the years:
Should I buy a new or used guitar?
New York Area Resources:
- Guitar repairs
- Music stores
- Music stores for scores
- Pianists
- Piano repairs & tuning
- Psychotherapist, Addiction Specialist
- Ed's "Brooklyn Friends and Students"
Other Resources:
- Classical Guitar Workshops
- Documentaries
- Guitar Societies
- Guitar Teachers
- Luthiers
- Recording Artists
- Online
New York Area Resources:
Guitar repairs:
Roger Sadowsky http://www.sadowsky.com in Brooklyn
Bill Fiorella (718) 852-8160 http://www.littleflowerguitars.com
Manny Salvador (646) 483-7218 (212) 274-1322
Music stores:
Manny’s http://www.mannysmusic.com in Manhattan
Norm’s http://www.normsmusic.com in Brooklyn
Music stores for scores:
Patelson's http://www.patelson.com
Frank Music http://www.frankmusiccompany.com
Luthier Music (classical guitar only) http://www.luthiermusic.com
Colony Music http://www.colonymusic.com
Matanya Ophee http://www.orphee.com
Pianists:
Oksana Berezkina (718) 833-9156 ny.oksana@netzero.net
Mitchell Vines (212) 666-3122
Piano repairs & tuning:
Dan Levitan danlevitan@mindspring.com
John Morgan (718) 871-1340 johnm@att.net
Psychotherapist, Addiction Specialist:
Sheri Heller, CSW-R, CAS http://members.aol.com/seraphic34
Ed's "Brooklyn Friends and Students"
Here are guitar teachers that are good people and are my friends and I would send my kids and myself to:
Robert Cohen "Cricket"
(718) 834-1324
(917) 838-3072
Chris Carter
(212) 563-4574
Chriscartermusic@aol.com
For classical:
Shogo Kubo
Phone: (212) 535-2793
Cell: (917) 370-8537
guitarsho@yahoo.com
http://www.shogokubo.com/index.html
Classical students:
Aryeh Eller
Pat Bianculli, in DUMBO, Brooklyn
(718) 643-4608
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Bob Hansmann
bobbybmusic@verizon.net
Other Resources:
Classical Guitar Workshops:
Christopher Parking at "The Master Works Festival" http://www.masterworksfestival.org
13th International Guitar Symposium in Iserlohn/Germany http://www.guitarsymposium.com
Documentaries:
Aaron Shearer DVD http://www.mlfilms.com
Guitar Societies:
New York City Classical Guitar Society http://www.nyccgs.org
San Diego Folk Song Society http://www.sdfolkheritage.org/sdfss
Orange County Guitar Circle, Southern California http://ocgc.org
Guitar Teachers:
Randy Pobanz http://www.randypobanz.com
David Rogers http://www.sou.edu/music/rogers.htm
Fernando Mariña and Ernesto García de León
Bozidar http://www.bozidar.com
Luthiers:
Ken Hill http://www.hillguitar.com
Paracho del Norte http://www.parachodelnorte.com
Ken Miller http://www.kenmillerguitars.com
Andrew Ellis http://www.ellisguitars.com
Recording Artists:
Ken Hill http://www.hillguitar.com
Flávio Apro http://www.flavioapro.hpg.ig.com.br
Craig Einhorn http://www.efn.org/~einhorn
Gerry Saulter http://www.serenadeduo.com
José Manuel Dapena http://www.manueldapena.com
Peter Xifaras http://www.PeterX.com
Pedrick-Hutson Guitar Duo http://www.pedrickhutsonduo.com
Amadeus Guitar Duo http://www.amadeusduo.com
Dale Kavanagh http://www.kavanagh.de
Michael Lucarelli http://www.lucarelli.com
Fernando Mariña and Ernesto García de León
Dos Almas Music http://www.dosalmas.com/default.php
Margarita Escarpa http://www.margaritaescarpa.com
