Practice, Rehearsal and Performance Spaces
Affordable, city-centre music rooms complete with high-quality Schimmel upright and grand pianos
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Book a room!
[email protected] • 0161 834 3281, ext. 604
Mondays – Saturdays, 10am – 5.30pm • Sundays, 11am – 5pm
From £11 per hour!
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We have several rooms available for practice, rehearsals and informal performances – such as end-of-term student concerts, workshops and lunchtime recitals – fully equipped with high-quality Schimmel upright or grand pianos, stools and music stands, with additional chairs as required.
These spaces can be booked in hour-long slots, starting on the hour, during our normal opening hours, with prices starting at £11 per hour.
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Book the exam room!
If you are preparing to take your ABRSM or Trinity exam at Forsyth, you can even book to practise in the very room and on the very instrument that is used for the exam! For more information, please contact us using the details above.
Above: Our basement performance and workshop area setup for an audience of 55 and use of Schimmel K280T concert grand
Right: and one of our teaching rooms set up for ABRSM examinations, under Beethoven's watchful eye!
Below: The upright piano practice room used for teaching and private practice - currently undergoing exciting refurbishment!
We also use our main acoustic piano showroom for recitals and performances - see our Events page for our ongoing series of events. If you are interested in booking the space for a private event/your own concert please get in contact to discuss further. Here is the room ready before the audience come in for one of our recitals with Benjamin Frith and Heidi Rolfe. with an audience of around 80.
Terms and Conditions of Use
- Bookings are in ½ hour slots starting on the hour or ½ hour within opening hours. 10am-5.30pm Monday to Saturday and 11-5pm Sundays.
- We would suggest sanitising hands before touching the pianos and cleaning the keys with the cleaner and micropore cloth provided. (please do not use any other type of cleaner on the pianos)
- Bookings are only confirmed once payment has been received in advance of the booking
- No refunds once payment is taken, however bookings can be moved once to another day/time with >24hrs notice
- No student discount available
- Advance bookings and payments can be made to secure the 4hrs or more rate.
- No extra time is allowed for breaks
- If the performance space in the basement is to be hired for an event or ensemble advance notice is required to ensure the area is clear of other instruments etc. Additional charges may apply, please enquire for details
- *The basement space is not a private room and Forsyth staff may need access for stock and/or access to the lift etc. Every effort will be made to avoid disturbance/intrusion. Exclusive use of the basement performance space is possible at additional cost.
- Recording (using own equipment) is permitted, however please be aware the rehearsal spaces are not acoustically separated and therefore footsteps from the ground floor/street may be heard. If the main performance space is to be used for recording we can prevent the use of the lift to the basement to minimise any extraneous noise from the lift mechanism. Please give us notice to organise this.
- No food or drinks allowed anywhere near the pianos
- Rooms/ pianos are available subject to availability
- You must only use the piano that you have been allocated. Other pianos may belong to customers, have technicians working on them or are chargeable at a different rate
- No possessions to be placed on the pianos; only music on the music desk
- Any damages are to be paid for in full by the hirer
- Please always check in with the first floor piano department staff and on completing your session please report back to them so they know you have left.