Website: https://fannyshouseofmusic.com/
Fanny’s House of Music is a full-service musical instrument store located in the Five Points area of East Nashville, Tennessee. The store sells new and used instruments and gear, offers private music lessons and professional instrument repairs, and carries a selection of vintage clothing. As the store describes itself, “At Fanny’s House of Music, our unique selection of instruments and vintage clothing brings music and fashion together under one roof. We buy, sell, trade, and consign gear, and we offer professional instrument repair.” The shop bills itself as “Nashville’s most comfortable music store.”
Products and Services
The store’s inventory spans electric guitars, acoustic guitars, and bass guitars, along with amplifiers, effects and pedals, drums and percussion, folk instruments, and accessories. The shop also sells its own Fanny’s merchandise and offers vintage clothing. In addition to retail sales, Fanny’s buys, sells, trades, and takes consignment of musical gear.
Fanny’s offers private music lessons in “guitar, bass, drums, piano, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, and fiddle,” delivered as private instruction at its East Nashville store. Lesson rates are listed as a 30-minute lesson for $40 and a 1-hour lesson for $75, and the store offers multi-family and single-parent discounts. Lessons are coordinated by a lesson coordinator, who can be reached by email for enrollment.
The store also provides professional repair services for guitars, including electric, acoustic, bass, and 12-string models. Listed repair services include a standard restring at $15 plus strings, a 12-string or Floyd Rose restring at $25 plus strings, a basic setup at $80 plus strings, strap-button installation at $8, pickup replacement at $35 per pickup, and electronics work at $60 per hour plus materials. Larger jobs include a complete refret listed at $350 to $400, a neck reset at $500 to $600, and headstock repair. The store notes that “parts not included in price except refret and neckset.”
About
Fanny’s House of Music is named after the all-female band Fanny. The store’s stated mission is to create “a musical instrument store that is comfortable for ALL, especially women, children and beginners.” According to the store, it has been voted one of the “Best Places in Nashville to Buy a Used Instrument” for ten years in a row. The store also brings vintage clothing into its space through a partnership with Pink Star Vintage, reflecting its theme of combining music and fashion under one roof.
Location & Contact
Fanny’s House of Music is located at 1101 Holly Street, Nashville, TN 37206, in the heart of Five Points in East Nashville. The store can be reached by phone at 615-750-5746 and by email at [email protected]. Store hours are Monday through Saturday from 11am to 6pm and Sunday from 12pm to 5pm.
Additional Information
The website features an online inventory that can be browsed by category, including separate sections for electric, acoustic, and bass guitars, amps, effects and pedals, drums and percussion, folk instruments, and accessories. Additional site sections include a Wish List, an “In The News” page, a lessons page, and a repairs page with detailed service pricing. The store maintains a presence on social media and invites customers to contact it with questions.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (fannyshouseofmusic.com).