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Where to buy musical instruments, accessories, and sheet music:

Local music shops
Internet (for sheet music)
Free Orchestral Music on the web

Specialist Music Libaries:

Performing Arts Library (near Dorking)

Specialists for instruments and repairs:

Brass
Woodwind
Strings
Piano (including piano tuning)
Other specialists

MoleValleyMusic.co.uk
covering:

Abinger,
Ashtead
Box Hill
Bookham
Brockham
Capel
Clandon
Coldharbour
Dorking
East Horsely
Effingham
Headley
Leatherhead
Leigh
Mickleham
Newdigate
North Holmwood
Ockley
South Holmwood
Wescott
West Horsley
Wotton

June Emerson Good  specialist for brass and wind music.
  
Ackerman Music Very good range of music, virtually all student music needed for grades stocked in local music shops, with rapid (usually) next day mostly free delivery.
  
www.musicroom.com
  
www.boosey.com
  
www.sheetmusicdirect.com This site has access to a vast range of popular vocal music. It allows you to buy one song rather than a whole book, however you need to make sure that it is the same version as that listed in the syllabus and in a suitable key.
 

The following websites provide free (but often still in copyright!) orchestral music.  Please observe the copyright restrictions!

IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library

Hemmingsway's Studio

WIMA: Werner Icking Music Archive (now mergered with IMSLP)
 

The Performing Arts Libary in Dorking houses an amazing collection of sheet music and recorded music, as well as material related to dance, theatre and cinema. Individual and group tickets are available, with the library being using by orchestras, choirs and musicians from all over the South East of England.

The Performing Arts Libary is located in Denbies Wine Estate, RH5 6AA.
 

Brass repairs, trumpet modifications, seller of "Snake Valve Oil" and his own trumpets.
 
Roy Cox Brass Repairs
Kent
07765 050538

Trumpet and French Horn specialist repairer and has recently taken over many trombone slide works from Sharon McCullum.s.
 
Dawkes
Maidenhead
01628 630800

Brass instrument repairs, plus woodwind and brass sales. Adrian Jarvis has developed a reputation as a very good trombone slide repairer.
 
Halstead Music
Kent
07432 141410

Tony Halstead is french horn specialist and usually has a good range of instruments from student singles to full professional instruments.
 
hornsAplenty
01452 536264
Gloucester
Run by Alan Wiltshire, specialises in french horns.
 
Paxmans
Linton House, 164 -180 Union Street, London SE1 0LH
020 7620 2077

The French Horn specialist for student and professional instruments and for repairs.
  
Phil Parkers
106a Crawford Street, London W1H 2HZ
0207 486 8206

London's best know brass specialist for student and professional instruments and repairs.
 
Sharon McCullum
01267 253374

Trombone specialist, now living in Wales, and a good place to buy a second-hand trombone.  She is one of the best trombone repairers and now handles repairs by post.
 
Manlio Mannisi
Ashtead
07840 069921

Woodwind and brass repairs. Good for trumpet/cornet third valve slides.
 

Sells all stringed instruments and repairs.  Double bass specialist.
  
Julian Pindar
07870 209514

Violin, etc. repairs.
 

Manlio Mannisi
Ashtead
07840 069921

Woodwind and brass repairs.
  
Kevin Hime-Knowles
Fetcham
01372 372969

Woodwind repairs.
 

Keyboard repairs (including older obsolete keyboards!)
 

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