Music Aid

About Music Aid

Music Aid is a specialty retail store located on Horton St E in the SoHo neighborhood of London, Ontario. It serves the local student and professional markets, with a particular focus on providing services for schools. The business distinguishes itself as the only music store in the city that deals exclusively in brass and woodwind instruments. The shop offers a comprehensive range of repair services, including minor adjustments, polishing, silver soldering to rebuild broken keys, and ultrasonic cleaning or acid baths. Specific woodwind services include repadding, neck corks for saxophones, tenon corks for clarinets, and tenon rebuilds for clarinets, oboes, and bassoons. For brass instruments, the shop performs dent removal, leadpipe replacement, slide freeing, valve refitting, and full dedenting for instruments ranging from trumpets to tubas. Additionally, the store maintains an inventory of over 1,000 brass and woodwind instruments for sale, featuring brands such as Buffet, Conn, Yamaha, Selmer, Bach, Getzen, King, Olds, and Armstrong. The business is led by owner and repairman Rob Munroe, a specialist with over 40 years of experience who studied Musical Instrument Technology at S.U.N.Y. Morrisville. He is joined by woodwind specialist Troy Neeb, who has over 35 years of experience and specializes in professional saxophone repads. The shop also employs an office administrator who manages accounts and imports instruments from the United States and overseas.