10 Best Musical Instrument Shops in Singapore

Singapore's music retail runs from the historic City Hall guitar cluster to large all-in-one stores and focused specialist showrooms. This guide gathers ten musical instrument shops in Singapore spanning guitars, pianos and keyboards, drums, band and orchestral instruments, and pro audio. Every shop below was checked against its own website or business listing, so treat it as a shortlist and confirm current stock, brands, servicing and prices with the retailer before buying.

Swee Lee is one of Singapore's oldest and largest music retailers, a business the company says dates back to 1946 and now marks its 80th anniversary. Its catalogue spans guitars and basses, keyboards and pianos, drums and percussion, DJ, live-sound and studio equipment, carrying brands such as Fender, Taylor, Roland and BOSS. It runs several physical stores across the island alongside its online shop, and lists repairs and servicing, a custom shop, trade-ins and its own music academy.

Islandwide
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Yamaha's flagship music store sits on Orchard Road at Plaza Singapura and gathers the manufacturer's own line-up under one roof, from acoustic and digital pianos and keyboards to guitars, digital drums, and brass, woodwind and orchestral string instruments. As a single-brand store it suits buyers set on Yamaha gear, and the outlet says it operates in-store service areas for guitars and for brass and woodwind maintenance. A Yamaha music school runs alongside the retail floor.

Orchard (Plaza Singapura)
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City Music is a long-established multi-brand store that carries the tagline 'Singapore's #1 trusted music store since 1968' and says it is the local distributor for Martin guitars. Its showroom stocks guitars, amplifiers, keyboards, recording and live-sound equipment and accessories from brands including Martin, Cort, Korg, Blackstar and Shure. The store operates from LHK Building on Sims Drive and lists guitar and electronics servicing, including setups and restringing.

Sims Drive (Aljunied)
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Davis Guitar, also known as Davis GMC, is a guitar specialist stocking acoustic, electric, classical and bass guitars along with amplifiers, pedals and accessories. Its website lists more than sixty brands, among them ESP, Schecter, PRS, Takamine, Orange and Laney, and it acts as the local agent for several of them. The shop is in Peninsula Shopping Complex on Coleman Street, a short walk from City Hall MRT.

City Hall (Peninsula Shopping Complex)
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Luther Music positions itself as a pro-audio and musical-instrument specialist, with a range covering keyboards and pianos, guitars, drums, DJ and beat-production gear, live sound, microphones and studio recording equipment. Its brand list includes names such as Yamaha, Roland, Shure and Sennheiser, and the shop advertises a repairs and servicing department. It trades from Excelsior Shopping Centre on Coleman Street, in the City Hall music-shop cluster.

City Hall (Excelsior Shopping Centre)
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The Music Works, known as TMW, focuses on digital pianos and keyboards while also stocking acoustic, classical, electric and bass guitars, electronic drums and accessories. It describes itself as an authorised dealer for Casio, Yamaha, Roland and Korg among other brands, and pairs its retail range with a music school offering lessons and workshops. TMW runs showrooms at Upper Aljunied Link and Chai Chee and mentions servicing and delivery-installation.

Upper Aljunied & Chai Chee
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Robert Piano is a piano specialist that says it was established in 1966 and has been the sole Singapore agent for Kawai since 1971. It sells acoustic grand and upright pianos, digital and hybrid pianos, and offers tuning, maintenance and specialised piano moving, plus its own music school. Its showrooms are at Parkway Parade in Marine Parade and The Centrepoint on Orchard Road.

Marine Parade & Orchard
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Singapore Drum Shop is a dedicated drums-and-percussion store that says it was founded in 2013, covering acoustic and electronic kits, snares, cymbals, hardware, drum heads and sticks. Its brand roster includes DW, PDP, Gretsch, Sonor, Tama, Remo and Paiste, and it runs a linked drum academy for lessons. The shop is in Excelsior Shopping Centre on Coleman Street near City Hall MRT.

City Hall (Excelsior Shopping Centre)
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Synwin is a Singapore stringed-instrument specialist that says it was established in 1983, offering its own Synwin-brand violins, violas and cellos alongside European instruments, both new and vintage. It also carries bows, strings and accessories, with string brands such as Thomastik and D'Addario. Its flagship store, Synwin Violins @ Marina, is located in Marina Square.

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Music Elements specialises in band and orchestral instruments, spanning brass, woodwind, percussion, orchestral strings, keyboards and sheet music. It lists brands including Pearl Flutes, Conn, Holton, Bach, Yamaha and Eastman, and, distinctively, runs an in-house repair and maintenance service centre plus instrument rental. The store is at Oxley Bizhub on Ubi Road 1 and also operates a teaching academy.

Ubi
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