Apart from classical stuff, they’ve got lots of other kinds of music, some games/toys, gizmos, non-music books, etc. They have many different selections of recordings and some great deals too! I was tempted to pick up some recordings as well, but I told myself not get too carried away and just come back. Archambault had three on the shelf, so over all, very well stocked.
#Archambaud musique full#
For example, most stores only have on the shelf just one Dover edition of Bizet’s Carmen in full score. They have more in the way of orchestral and opera scores than most other places I have been. After I had found what I was looking for, I browsed what else they had. It is nice that they were able to do that for me.
I found most of what I was looking for, but I had a piece of music ordered that I will pick up in about two weeks. Employees were very helpful although not quite 100 percent knowledgeable of what they had or what something even was.
#Archambaud musique plus#
I didn’t think so all that much being American and being used to the price of things here in Canada being higher than in the States plus the high sales tax. My instructor told me that this is the only place in town to go to buy sheet music and that they’re actually a bit overpriced. So it looks like I am the one writing the first English review of this place I’m proud of myself :) I came in here tonight because I was in the area buying bus tickets at the terminal and I figured I’d stop in here cause I needed two technical studies books for viola. Also, if your into electronic or house music, there is a small room downstairs off the main room that it solely for this genre of music, and they have some pretty hard to find titles which you can first listen to in the little kiosk before buying. One can easily spend half the day here as I have. None the less, if you’re in Montréal and into music of any kind, you gotta go spend some time here. Prices are pretty competitive, although with the current rate of exchange btw US/CAN, you would probably get a much better deal on guitars in the US. Definitely check it out! The staff here are very knowledgeable and will help you find whatever you are looking for. They let you play pretty much anyone you want and there are these neat little areas to try out multi-effects boxes and distortion pedals while connected to headphones. I love this place! It has everything and anything you could possible look for pertaining to audio, video, books, sheet music, guitars, basses, synthesizers, etc… in fact, 3 floors of them! Each different musical instrument has its own room where one could go and play around for hours sampling some pretty cool pieces. This is probably the biggest music store complex in North America. I could almost spend an entire trip to Montréal here. Places likes these were rare to begin with and are now all but extinct.
#Archambaud musique free#
Oh, and did I mention there is free wifi? Free listens and reads of pretty much anything available? And you can do this all this while relaxing on their comfy red couches?! You must come to here if at all possible. Also, it means that the people who work here are (a) kind, (b) knowledgable, and © actually CARE.
This was the cutest thing I’ve seen all week. Not long after, this avuncular staffer came up to her and walked her through the program the way a docent at a children’s museum would. Side note: I saw a little girl staring blankly at the screen of one of these stations. Their listening stations have demos and historical snippets so people can explore music they haven’t previously been exposed to. It’s basically a museum of vintage musical instruments as well. They have an enormous jazz/oldies/classical music collection, which they play over the intercom. I’ve never seen so many scores outside of a conservatory or competitive sporting event. I can’t think of another bookstore this big that isn’t going out of business or subsidized by a university. It is a mecca for all the cultural things that aren’t cool anymore: It is a huge bookstore. Archambault makes my nerd glands salivate.
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