Sunset Music Company

Wonderful little store with a fantastic collection of sheet music. Not just a good place to buy new music, but the store seems to have been there for so long there’s a great selection of vintage music, too. It’s fun to browse their collection — you can find some really interesting old treasures. Staff is friendly. Support your local business and go to this place instead of Amazon!

If it weren’t Sundays or Mondays, I’d be down here in a heartbeat for anything I need: music books, tuners, the like.
It may look messy, but that’s because of the vast array of music books for many different instruments Evelyn, the shopkeeper, carries.
It’s the one music shop I’ve been going to for years. It’s a small shop, but it doesn’t hurt to ask. ;)

The worst store I’ve ever been to!!! The place doesn’t even look like a music store, when you walk in all you see is a mess; a giant pig pen!!! Also this store charges a lot more than you expect. I bought a few piano exam books once there and they charged me almost $ 60.On amazon I could save about $ 40. I suggest you go on amazon and not go to that store. Another reason I think this store sucks is because they don’t even give you a proper receipt. Their receipt didn’t even have the books’ names or the store’s name on it. Plus their costumer service is terrible, they didn’t even tell me the book wasn’t refundable when I was buying it, even the receipt didn’t have a word about it. I really wanted to buy stuff from the local store and support it, but I think I’m done with that place. You won’t be seeing me there ever again.

Very nice workers! I found my dad’s guitar in the attic of my childhood home and it’s been probably sitting for over 10 years. Sunset Music restringed the whole guitar for about $ 25. Idk if that’s a good deal because its the only time i’ve ever restringed a guitar but it seemed like a good deal plus they were all very nice!

Needed to do a quick repair on my fiddle and found this place through my trusty app; thanks Unilocal!Prior to going there I watched several videos on youtube so I would be fimilar on how to replace a string.
Evelyn, the store owner, was very friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. It helps when the owner or employees are in the industry. After chatting with her I found out that she use to teach. She installed and tuned my instrument free of charge.
Thanks Evelyn and Sunset Music for your excellent customer service and help!

Very helpful and friendly service. Got a few guitar picks for very cheap. Seems a bit limited in the size of the shop but you could say the same for just about all the independent shops of this sort in The City. I would like to come back and maybe get a guitar tuned. If that works as well as finding my guitar picks I will happily upgrade the review to 5*s.

I had a lovely on-​line experience with this store. I was looking for a relatively obscure piece of sheet-​music (I checked the internet, Amazon, e-​Bay, etc., beforehand). Not only did Evelyn have it in stock, but they were able to mail it out to me within 24 hours. Really remarkable service. Why would anyone shop at Amazon? ;-)

Ok– so who cries at a music store? Yep, I do. I did.
My daughter’s (age 6) talent show was in 3 hours and I (the non-​professional that I am) was attempting to tune her lap harp. Ha– but of course– I snapped the string! I was in a total panic. A few other music stores I took the harp into looked at it like I was bringing a dead fish and had absolutely no idea what to do with it. I was so stressed thinking how I was going to tell my daughter that she would be unable to perform this afternoon.
I brought it in to Sunset Music and James took it in without even batting an eye. He sorted through a few strings looking for one that would match the thickness, found one, replaced the broken one, and then tuned the whole harp. He handed it to me and I was so thankful I started crying! I couldn’t even speak to thank him enough!
Am so, so happy.
And now– the show must (WILL) go on!!! :-)
Thank you James!!!

Extremely cluttered, the staff didn’t seem too interested in helping. Just buy your item on amazon where it’s cheaper and you can most likely return it, if needed.

I just bought a music stand here. They had 4 kinds to choose from in a variety of prices. It’s wonderful that there’s a music store right here in the Inner Sunset. They have an enormous selection of sheet music and books.
The staff was incredibly friendly too.

Great service and friendly help. Always good to support neighborhood businesses.
Easy parking.
Selection of new music books too!
Fantastic picks.

Small and cozy shop. My kid loves going there to find Disney songs to play on the piano. In a city with great independent book stores, this is one of them.

Just started picking up piano, so my instructor suggested I pick up a copy of the Faber Adult Piano Adventures V1 there. Called them ahead of time to see if they had it and they did.
I cruised by the store – decent parking off the side streets. They had a version with and without the accompanying CD which was nice.
The place itself was small and cool looking. I wasn’t exactly given killer service once I got there, but the people were helpful and I found the book pretty quickly. I saw a few people there talking with what I assumed were regulars and they seemed to be getting along great. I think this is a place that rewards repeat business.

A delightful little community music store. The staff are extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Given the option, you should always go to little locals stores like this instead of going to Ripoff Radio Shack.
The prices are reasonable, the section is decent, and the service is personal. There’s nothing extraordinary about this shop, as far as I can tell, but I recommend it for musicians and aspiring musicians who live in the Sunset area.

I have been a customer of Sunset Music for 25 years! I have never been able to find a music store as comprehensive as this one. Evelyn has always been sweet and helpful. As for being «cramped» and having «nicnack nonsense» –this is a unique neighborhood gem that has been around a LONG time. People don’t just come to Sunset Music to buy sheet music and books, they come to bring their kids for music lessons. So there is a lot of cute music-​themed stuff for children and for gifts. It’s very much a mom-​and-​pop family type of place with (obviously) long-​time clientele. I used to be one of those little girls whose mothers would buy me a treble clef-​shaped eraser… but I’ve grown out of that and at the same time still appreciate the memories.

I’ve been going to Sunset Music for sheet music on and off for twelve years. Evelyn has always been super helpful and knows everything there is to know about music and musical instruments.
When I decided to start violin lessons, I decided to rent a violin and Sunset Music offers the best monthly price I could find. Evelyn was great about giving me tips on how to take car of the instrument. I had a two week wait before my first lesson and I accidentally broke one of the strings and they were quick to fix the string and have my violin ready for me to play for my first lesson.
I recommend Sunset Music as a great place to find sheet music and rent an instrument.

Sunset Music is bomb diggity! It’s one of the few true sheet music stores left, and I can always count on them to have what I need for auditions.
As far as the personnel is concerned, Susanne doesn’t know what she’s talking about. The young blonde guy who works there on Saturdays is as helpful and knowledgeable as it gets when it comes to music store clerks. Maybe Susanne was having a bad day!

I want to marry it.
See, now I ask the STUPIDEST questions. But Evelyn, she never got sick of me, incredible. This place is such a gem, I’m trying to think of reasons to go back, I kind of miss the place and I have only been gone for 9 hours. It’s like the sweetest little music, instrument and instrument accessories store without being it’s slightly scary, dusty, jumbled, dysfunctional, struggling doppleganger. Yessssssssssssss…
UPDATE: I should know better than to go anywhere on a saturday, but it appears that on Saturdays, there is another person working at the shop, a young blonde guy. I have to say that this guy is a serious turn OFF. Unfortunately he embodies the snobby, unhelpful, cold stereotype of the uptight music store clerk. Weirdly, I got the feeling that he didn’t actually even know what he was talking about, ugh.

Sheet Music Aficionados Rejoice!
When I needed the notation for John Mayer songs, boom it was here.
When I wanted to Songbook for the latest Alicia Keys release Sunset Music was able to order it for me direct from the distributor.
This store has many of the top charting songs on the radio in musical notation.
There is also an excellent selection of Aria, Symphonic Scores and Jazz Fakebooks.
Great gift Items can also be found here, as well as String and percussion instruments.
I like the music reference section for dictionaries and music history.

Lots of sheet music in here. Also Fakebooks-​pretty much all the Sher and Hal Leonard. Aebersold play-​alongs too! A much needed music resource out here in the SF «burbs».
Thumbs up!