Booking has now opened for several brilliant workshops coming up in the next few months: Tea...
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Next month, we are thrilled to be welcoming Helen Sanderson , Head of Guitar Performance at the...
October 11, 2018
Sheet Music Department
Join our Sheet Music and Recorded Music Team
A post has become available in our sheet music and recorded music department. The deadline for...
We are looking for an enthusiastic musical person to join our sales team. This is a full time...
September 1, 2018
The Forsyths Blog
Forsyth Sponsors Chetham\'s International Summer School
For the 11th year, Forsyth is proud to have sponsored the Chetham\'s International Summer...
Join us over the next three weeks for some exciting in-store events, including an unmissable...
We had a brilliant workshop at the weekend (23 June) with John Human and Peter Buckby of...
June 8, 2018
Instruments
Digital Pianos at Forsyths
The demand for digital pianos has increased rapidly in recent years – the rapid advance of the...
April 18, 2018
Guitar Department
Top Ten Martin Dreadnoughts! A buyer\'s guide
Martin\'s dreadnought guitar, introduced under the Ditson brand just over 100 years ago and...
April 18, 2018
Instruments
Kawai Novus NV-10 Review
Charli, our digital piano guru, has put together a review of the Kawai Novus NV-10!Check it out...
Get 15% off when you spend £30 or more on titles from the ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2019-2020...
March 31, 2018
The Forsyths Blog
Items appearing for £0 on the website
Hi Folks, As some of you have kindly pointed out, there are currently a lot of products on the...
March 22, 2018
The Forsyths Blog
Forsyth Now Available on Canvas!
Over the last couple of years many people have admired this wonderful oil painting of our shop...
Despite the snow\'s best efforts, our Learn to Play Day weekend (17-18 March) was bigger...
February 24, 2018
Piano Department
Casio Grand Hybrid Pianos
One of our favourite piano products of the last few years has been a new venture between...
We\'ve got the perfect Valentine\'s Day gifts for music lovers and musical lovers, from...
We were delighted to see Susan Bettaney back at Forsyth yesterday for our first European Piano...
The RNCM\'s prestigious annual event dedicated to bowed strings, guitar and harp was focused...
December 27, 2017
The Forsyths Blog
SALE ON NOW! Pianos, guitars & lots more up to 50% off!
Don\'t miss our post-Christmas sales and discounts! Pianos, guitars and lots more at up to 50%...
December 6, 2017
The Forsyths Blog
Join the Forsyth Piano team
An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Forsyth acoustic piano sales team in a...
On Friday 1st December, Christopher Scamp had a go on Forsyth\'s street piano... Just five days...
It\'s our 160th Christmas in Manchester! That makes Forsyth the oldest independent business...
THIS WEEK – ALL WEEK – IT\'S BLACK FRIDAY ... AND WE\'VE GOT LOADS OF...
November 1, 2017
Sheet Music
New LCM Piano Handbooks out now!
The new London College of Music Piano Handbooks are available now! Each handbook is...
August 30, 2017
Instruments
Atkin 000-21 Custom Red Jasper Demo with James!
Although we tend to think of the 000 as a 14 fret design, it actually started out life as a 12...
August 2, 2017
Instruments
Eastman El Rey ER4 Demo with Lloyd!
The next-generation electric archtop is here! Solid Spruce Top, Solid Mahogany back and sides...
August 2, 2017
Instruments
Black Swan Walnut Parlour Guitar Demo with James!
Whilst it\'s always a pleasure to be surrounded by classic guitars, the one thing that fires our...
FREE PIANO WORKSHOP with Susan Bettaney European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA) * * *...
April 12, 2017
The Forsyths Blog
Bank Holiday Opening times 2017
Just a quick reminder of our opening times for the up coming Bank Holidays. On Bank Holidays we...
We were excited to welcome Mike Jackson - author of the Uke\'n Play Ukulele series and one...
Over the past 6 months, I have been fundraising for Marie Curie and the Motor Neurone Disease...
March 11, 2017
Guitar Department
A Short History Of Eastman Guitars
A few weeks ago we shared news that Forsyths are once again stockists of these fabulous...
We are very grateful to Elena Cobb and Andrew Higgins for spending the day with us on Sunday and...
Attention ukulele lovers and wannabe uke-ists! We\'re excited to be welcoming Mike Jackson...
Due to the high level of interest in our free workshop on improvisation for pianists with...
Valentine\'s Day is only a few days away... If you\'re still wondering where to start, we\'re...
January 16, 2017
Instruments
January Instruments Sale!
So January has arrived, and with it the blues of the New Year. Rather than wallowing in the...
December 30, 2016
Sheet Music
Minim Finds a French Horn
We at Forsyth are most excited to stock the enchanting \'tail\' of Minim Finds a French Horn by...
Nothing beats playing with other live musicians, whether it\'s bashing through a new piece with...
December 19, 2016
Piano Department
A digital piano for the smallest spaces - even a corridor
KORG LP-380 73-NOTE DIGITAL PIANO SALE PRICE £665 (normally £719) As we say in our...
CASIO GP300 CELVIANO GRAND HYBRID DIGITAL PIANO £2,199 Bechstein and Casio, leading firms...
Buying a digital piano is always a big decision – physically as well as financially – and not...
December 4, 2016
Sheet Music
Gift of the Day: a bag of Belgian milk chocolate grand pianos
Our Christmas Shopping Weekend continues: join us today, 11am – 5pm, for complimentary mulled...
December 3, 2016
Instruments
Gift of the Day: Stentor Student 1 violin packs
STENTOR STUDENT 1 VIOLIN PACK Violin outfit (with bow and case) plus shoulder rest and...
December 2, 2016
Sheet Music
Gift of the Day: musical cufflinks and earrings
If you join us this weekend for Small Business Saturday UK and our Christmas Shopping...
December 1, 2016
Sheet Music
Gift of the Day: the beautiful Faber Music Piano Anthology
THE FABER MUSIC PIANO ANTHOLOGY Best-loved original repertoire for solo piano £21.99...
Joining us for Small Business Saturday UK and our Christmas Shopping Weekend (3-4 December...
As the holidays edge ever closer, parents with children just starting out in music will be...
The frosts may have returned to Manchester but so has the smell of mulled wine: the Christmas...
We can no longer kid ourselves that it’s too soon to think about Christmas. Make it easier on...
It’s not just as manager of Forsyth’s Sheet Music Department that I have the pleasure...
November 1, 2016
The Forsyths Blog
Musical Instrument Sales positions available
We have two new job vacancies for enthusiastic musical people. One is a part time sales role in...
October 30, 2016
Instruments
Nuvo JSax
Nuvo JSax The JSax is fairly new on the saxophone scene. Being a...
Trial by Fire: Eastman go head to head with a vintage Gibson! We're big fans of the...
September 24, 2016
Sheet Music Department
Jazz Resources at Forsyth
The teaching of jazz has changed. What began as almost an apprenticeship between musicians now...
September 16, 2016
Guitar Department
Workshop Diary: How to restring a steel string acoustic guitar
If there\'s one thing every guitarist should know how to do, it\'s changing strings! It\'s one of...
August 26, 2023
Workshop Diary
Workshop Diary: An Introduction To Eastman Guitars
Eastman Strings was founded in 1992 by Qian Ni, a student at Boston College of Music who...
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We are delighted that pianists preparing for their Grade 2 and 3 exams in 2017-2018 can choose...
August 20, 2016
Guitar Department
A guide to L R Baggs pickups
The acoustic pickup market is a crowded and rather confusing place to be dipping your toe into...
August 26, 2023
Workshop Diary
Workshop Diary: Resetting The Neck On A Fylde Guitar
High action on an acoustic guitar is a common complaint, and usually we can readjust the action...
We do a lot of set ups on acoustic guitars, and a common task that we do as part of a set up is...
Here at Forsyth Music Shop we\'re busily preparing the 11 pianos we\'re bringing for Summer...
July 31, 2016
Instruments
New in store - Roland LX17 digital piano
New in store we have the flagship Roland LX-17! A wonderful marriage of the pinnacle of digital...
We are extremely pleased and excited to show off this stunning rarity by Schimmel in our showroom...
July 13, 2016
The Forsyths Blog
Hurry! - beat the Brexit price rises...
We will keep this blog updated Sadly the great majority of instruments are imported and, as I...
June 7, 2016
The Forsyths Blog
Join the Forsyth Team!
We are looking for an enthusiastic musical person to work full time in our Instrument and Sheet...
If you have been wondering what are all the different types and sizes of ukulele? and which...
Exploring The White Rice guitar Our guitar expert James Youngjohns examines the Atkin White...
We\'re pleased to announce some special discounts on all of our current selection of fine hand...
Regular readers of our blog will no doubt be aware that we’re big fans of the modern Danelectro...
April 28, 2016
The Forsyths Blog
May Day Bank Holiday Monday
We will be open between 11am and 5pm this May Day Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May. Open from 9am as...
It\'s probably the single thing we\'re asked most in the guitar department: why are some...
One of the problems we occasionally face when working on older guitars is that occasionally we...
Gordon Smith guitars in Northamptonshire View Gordon Smith Guitars in stock at Forsyth Music...
Exploring The White Rice guitar This guitar, we’re sure you will agree, looks like a guitar...
Exploring The White Rice guitar This guitar, we’re sure you will agree, looks like a guitar...
Fitting Bare Knuckle pickups to a Fender Telecaster This is a Japanese Bound Tele that is in...
March 13, 2016
Guitar Department
Highlights from this weeks new guitar arrivals
Quite a few new arrivals this week! We had a big delivery of Danelectro s: DC59s in a few...
March 4, 2016
Instruments
The Forsyth guide to electric violins
Electric violins We wrote a blog last year on ways to amplify violins but pickups are not...
Learning to play a musical instrument can be incredibly...
February 27, 2016
The Forsyths Blog
Highlights from this weeks new arrivals
It seems like this week has be a week of revisiting old friends - there lots of guitars you...
February 24, 2016
The Forsyths Blog
Learn to Play Day 2016 - Saturday 12th March
We are very pleased to be able to offer free taster lessons in a wide variety of...
Ok, so regular callers have probably spotted we\'re a bit behind in our new arrivals updates!...
We have a new, Forsyth exclusive Gordon Smith to tell you about! The first in a series of...
Ok, so regular callers have probably spotted we\'re a bit behind in our new arrivals updates!...
February 3, 2016
The Forsyths Blog
Auden and Gordon Smith guitar event
We wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who came along to our in-store event last Saturday....
January 22, 2016
Guitar Department
Gordon Smith workshop visit part 1
One of the nice things about working with John and Linda at the original Gordon Smith workshop in...
January 22, 2016
The Forsyths Blog
Gordon Smith workshop visit part 1
One of the nice things about working with John and Linda at the original Gordon Smith workshop...
January 22, 2016
The Forsyths Blog
Auden guitar set ups - get yours free!
We\'re looking forward to seeing the chaps from Auden Guitars in store on Sat 30th January....