Are you thinking about purchasing a trumpet but don't know quite how to go about it?  Are you trying to find a loving home for your tuba but don't know how to get the word out? It's entirely possible we may be able to assist you. We have a few notions to offer up if you are considering buying or selling.

1.  Ryson's Music (5 Court St, St. Catharines) offers instruments for sale for all our Program players.  This is a wonderful opportunity for those looking to purchase reliable, new, student model brass and woodwind instruments at remarkable prices. 

All instruments are greatly reduced from suggested retail prices and all come with an instrument case plus two year warranty.  Rysons attempts to deliver same day repair service.  Payment plans are available.   For additional information, call Don or Anne at 905-682-7219.

2.  Vandee Enterprises (162 Parnell Rd., St.Catharines) offers Stringed Instruments for sale.  They also do repairs to instruments and sell any necessary accessories such as bows, shoulder rests, strings, resin etc.  For additional information call H. Paul van Dongen at 905-646-3418 or E-mail at vandee@sympatico.ca or Website at www.vandongen.ca

3.   As far as second hand instruments, we just might have the name of someone selling that 3/4 sized violin you're looking to buy.  Likewise, we may know of someone who would be thrilled to purchase that 1/2 sized viola you have to sell.  If we can't make a connection for you at the moment, we'd be happy to add your name to the list for a future harmonic hook-up!  Look below we may have what you are looking for or call our music office @ 688-2949,  and we'll do our best to help you out. 

NOTE

For those who still have DSBN instruments in their possession, we ask that you please return them ASAP to Edith Cavell Elementary School, 1 Monck St. (at Pelham Rd), St. Catharines.  If no one is in the NEIM Office when you drop by, please leave instruments with the Edith Cavell Secretary in the Office, just inside the school's main entrance and we will retrieve them from there. Thank you very much!  We appreciate it!

2009 Instrument Summer Sign Out: Wednesday June 17th, 3:30 - 5:30 pm.,Thursday June 18th, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m., and Friday June 19th from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Edith Cavell.  Instruments signed out in June will become the instruments assigned to students for the 2009/2010 year. Students may request a particular instrument (simply note the instrument number on your Registration Form). We’ll do our best  to accomodate you!

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