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A Buffalo Music Store with Fair Prices.

Northtown Music is located in Cheektowaga, on the corner of the town of Amherst & the City of Buffalo. We offer a large selection of new and used instruments. At our store, you can take a music lesson, rent an instrument, or have your instrument repaired. We also sell lesson books, NYSSMA Solos, and popular sheet music for all instruments. We carry all supplies for the instruments we sell. We have a large selection of mouthpieces for Woodwind and Brass instruments. Make an appointment to test out our instruments. Call us at (716) 838 - 3835, email us at 16banjam@gmail.com, or visit the store at 3648 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga NY 14215

 Serving Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Amherst, Williamsville, West Seneca, Depew, Lancaster, Orchard Park, Clarence, Tonawanda, North Tonawanda and the surrounding Western New York area.


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Click the links to below to see the instruments we have available for sale in the store


 

Music Lessons with Certified Teachers

We offer lessons for $15 per half hour for most instruments. In conjunction with our rental program, you can use our ‘Lesson to Own’ system to gradually pay for your instrument while taking lessons (for school students only). All of our teachers are New York State Certified.

 
Northtown Music owner Ben Boyar teaching a flute lesson

Northtown Music owner Ben Boyar repairing a saxophone
 

Quality Instrument Rentals with Most Repair Included

We rent woodwind, brass, and string instruments for all Western New York school districts at low prices. The rental fee covers incidental repair, which usually can be done overnight. 

 

Business Hours

Monday to Thursday - 1PM to 7PM
Friday - 1PM to 5PM
Saturday - 10AM to 3PM
Sunday - Closed


Alfred Total Sheet Music

You can purchase Alfred Digital Sheet Music using Northtown Music’s Alfred Total Sheet Music affiliate link. Click the image below to search the library and make an order.


Hal Leonard’s Sheet Music Direct

You can purchase Hal Leonard Digital Sheet Music using Northtown Music’s Sheet Music Direct affiliate link. Click the logo below to search the library and make an order.


The Northtown Music Big Band performing at The Screening Room

The Northtown Music Big Band performing at The Screening Room

The Northtown Music Big Band

The Northtown Music Big Band is a performance group ran by Northtown Music store owner Ben Boyar. The group consists of local jazz musicians and music educators, and regularly performs around the Western New York area. We are a 15 piece big band with singers that performs traditional and new big band music.

Book the Northtown Music Big Band for parties and corporate events! Please contact us for more information about booking the band.

 

About the Store Owner Ben Boyar

Northtown Music is owned and run by Ben Boyar, who was a school teacher for over three decades. Ben taught music at Hutchinson Central Technical and Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts High Schools. During his career Ben initiated the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Mentor Program with the Buffalo Public Schools. Over the years he has brought important musicians to work with his students, such as Wynton Marsalis, Wessell Anderson, Todd Williams, Sam Rivers, Lester Bowie, Doc Severinsen, Terrence Blanchard and Dick Clark. Ben has been teaching students of all ages his whole career. Northtown Music gives Ben the chance to offer his special brand of music to the community.

Northtown Music Owner Ben Boyar Conducting a Band