KMH Music

11/11/2026

Some guitars are so beautiful that they inspire poetry:

Roses are red
and probably alive -
this Schecter C-6 Elite
Is just $275.

…Yes, we know; we’ll stick to our day jobs.

11/10/2026

It’s getting hard to find a decent drum set for under $600 these days.

That’s why we secured this Stagg starter kit. It comes complete with hardware and cymbals and a throne, all for just $499, fully assembled.

Also, about that ‘fully assembled’ part: if you order a drum set online, it arrives like IKEA furniture. There are no heads on the drums. You have to figure out which ‘screws’ (tension rods) go to which drum. And putting the hi-hat together for the first time generally requires four to seven attempts and nineteen to forty-seven adult words.

However, if you get a drum set through US, we do that part FOR you. For FREE. (And with much less adult words! …Probably.)

So. Find one online and order it through us instead for free assembly, or just buy this one, ready to go — either way, you’re supporting a local business and getting a product backed by someone you can trust.

And best of all, no matter what you get for a drum set,

NOW YOU HAVE A DRUM SET!! 😃😃😃

11/04/2026

Yes, drum sets are fun. And, absolutely, new cymbals are cool. But ask any longtime drummer, and they’ll tell you:

A wise man invests in a good seat.

Four-hour shows HURT. Especially when you spend them on a thin plastic disc, scientifically designed to cut off circulation to your legs.

Unfortunately, good thrones are expensive. We’re always on the lookout for a great bargain. And as long as you’re partial to the color green, we may have found a winner.

This double-braced threadrod-adjustable (meaning you spin it to raise or lower it) drum throne is PLUSH.

How plush? The padding is a good 5” thick. That’s as tall as a typical guitar headstock! (A standard unit of measurement in music stores everywhere and also Scotland, for some odd reason, probably because they drink a lot.)

If you like green, want a deluxe super-comfy drum throne, AND have $99, we have the other part of a surefire equation for happiness.

11/02/2026

One of our most popular holiday items are slide whistles. They make for great stocking stuffers, and they’re fun for whole MINUTES on Christmas morning before parental regret sets in.

If you’re like our households, though, you might be trying to cut down on future landfill fodder. (Have we mentioned how much we love our neighbor-store, Home Ec Market?)

To that end, this year we’re proud to introduce a few musical instruments of higher quality than our usual mass-produced plastic sort. For instance, these slide whistles — as you may have noticed — are wood.

Interestingly enough, they’re the same price as our plastic versions - $6.50 — proving that being a little gentler on our world doesn’t have to cost extra. (Just ask the fine people at Home Ec Market, particularly the owner, who is awesome and also may or may not be married to one of us…)

Now you can save the world AND feel good tooting your horn (er… whistle) about it. 🥳

10/28/2026

We know what you’re wondering: “Do these bird whistles ACTUALLY sound like a bird?”

I have to admit: before we tried them, we were prepared to answer, ‘Yes. There are LOTS of types of birds on God’s green earth. This one sounds like one of the dead ones.”

However, as it turns out, if you carefully dribble the correct amount of water into one of these and play it very gently,

THEY DO ACTUALLY SOUND LIKE A BIRD. 😳😳😳

I know. We were shocked too.

Incidentally, they do not sound like a turkey (thank the Lord) or a partridge, so these are not intended to be used for hunting purposes unless you’re either desperate or don’t really want to shoot anything.

They DO, however, make great stocking stuffers.

Food for thought, in a month or two. Which is perfect, because that’s generally when real birds and their songs tend to get a little scarce.

Keep an eye out for our Main Street Mania specials (it’s November 20th this year) to get these even cheep-er. (HA HA! CATCH WHAT WE DID THERE? We’ll see ourselves out…)

10/26/2026

If you’re like us, this is the time of year when you start to make mental notes for gift ideas.

Granted, you might not ACT on those ideas until 4:30 PM on December 24th, but — it’s still nice to have some sort of game plan by 4:29.

Along those lines, we figured we’d highlight these cool new Brixies (TM) instrument-block-sets that we just got in - perfect stocking stuffers for the musician in your life. (Obviously, our favorite is the drum set.)

If you DON’T feel like waiting one month and 28 days to grab yours, they’re $6 and displayed quite nicely next to our front counter.

This holiday season, give your favorite musician a toy so cool they won’t want to LEGO of it. (SORRY, we meant Brixie (TM)…)

🙂

10/23/2026

Couple-a things:

1. WE LOVE JHS PEDALS. Fantastic product, fantastic company.

2. Today they're introducing a brand-new pedal, the Pherb.

3. And WE HAVE THEM. $99, just came in, still cold from the Fed-Ex truck.

Act fast if you want one; these Pherbs are gonna phly pretty phast.

10/22/2026

Tonight we wrapped up KMH Music’s 14th rental night season, and we wanted to say thanks.

We’ve met a lot of you on the road over the last six weeks, from Hodgdon to Ashland and lots of points in between. Generally, we have met you amidst chaos: kids are yelling, we’re fielding multiple conversations at once while trying to find a pen that actually writes, and all you want to do is get your son a clarinet and get home to dinner and peace.

And yet consistently and unfailingly, you have been really, really nice.

We’ve heard, “Thank you for being here.”

“I remember my band night, and how excited I was to get my flute.”

“Don’t worry about the change, have a safe trip back.”

“We love your store! WHO WRITES YOUR FACEBOOK POSTS?!?” (Spoiler: nobody. We’re not sure how they pop into existence. 😶)

Rental nights can be chaos incarnate. Take 50 kids antsy to get their new trumpet, make them sit through a teacher talking about the band program followed by Boring Music Store People explaining a rental contract, and then turning them loose, and it’s a sonic circus.

The thing is, though — we love it. Because we remember how WE felt, getting handed our instrument for that first time.

We still believe in the magic of school band. It’s where we met friends we’ll keep our entire lives, learned concepts that have shaped our successes, and found our voice (even the kind of ‘voice’ that requires drum sticks).

The picture below is Mr. Hall’s trumpet, a 1950-something Bach he played at hundreds of rental nights. “The real magic in music is when you share it with your friends,” he used to say. “There’s nothing — NOTHING— like being in a band.”

We still believe it. And as we wrap up this year’s rental season, we’re gratified to have seen — over and over — that you do, too.

If we saw you at a rental meeting this year, thank you for your kindness, your graciousness, your friendliness, and your patronage. We hope your student loves their new instrument, and it brings them a lifetime of joy, fulfillment, and friendship.

10/21/2026

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🚨 PARENTS: KNOW THE SIGNS. 🚨

Your child could be using secret band-related language right under your nose.

Don't wait until you find a mysterious reed in their backpack.

Talk to your kids about band. Get involved while you can.