Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 9 and Version 4 of Foote's Music
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| Music shop on Store Street in [[Locale Bloomsbury|Bloomsbury]]. |
A music shop on the east side of Golden Square in [[Locale Soho|Soho]]. |
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Previously located on the east side of Golden Square in [[Locale Soho|Soho]] <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2723047295/ photo]</small>, it [https://twitter.com/FootesUK/status/279864515309473792 moved to Bloomsbury] in December 2012. |
Foote's is split into two halves with the ground floor selling drums and percussion, and the basement selling orchestral strings, brass and woodwind instruments. They have a very good range of stock available in store, with a wide range of manufacturers, and price points represented. It is probably not the place to go looking for a bargain, but if you are looking to try a wide variety of instruments you will have a hard time finding somewhere better. |
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We haven't visited since the move, so some of the information below may be out of date. They sell drums, percussion, orchestral strings, brass, and woodwind instruments. They have a very good range of stock available in store, with a wide range of manufacturers, and price points represented. It is probably not the place to go looking for a bargain, but if you are looking to try a wide variety of instruments you will have a hard time finding somewhere better. |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited (at the old location) by [[Richard]], July 2008. Opening hours taken from Foote's website, December 2012.</div> address='41 Store Street' |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Richard]], July 2008. Opening hours taken from website, July 2008.</div> address='10 Golden Square' |
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fax='FootesUK' formatted_website_text=' class="external">footesmusic.com' host='2a00:1098:86:4d:c0ff:ee:15:900d' hours_text='10am-6pm Mon-Sat; closed Sun' latitude='51.520145' locale='Bloomsbury,WC1' longitude='-0.130693' |
fax='' formatted_website_text='http://www.footesmus...' host='46.43.34.31' hours_text='9am-6pm Mon-Fri; 10am-6pm Sat; closed Sun' latitude='51.511217' locale='Piccadilly Circus,Soho,W1' longitude='-0.134804' |
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map_link='http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=529419&y=180846' node_image='https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/2723047295_a247dc3a7f_m.jpg' node_image_copyright='Kake' node_image_licence='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/' node_image_url='https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2723047295/' opening_hours_text='9am-6pm Mon-Fri; 10am-6pm Sat; closed Sun' os_x='529419' os_y='180846' phone='020 7734 1822' postcode='W1F 9JA' summary='A music shop near Piccadilly Circus selling drums, percussion, strings woodwind and brass instruments.' |
A music shop on the east side of Golden Square in Soho.
Foote's is split into two halves with the ground floor selling drums and percussion, and the basement selling orchestral strings, brass and woodwind instruments. They have a very good range of stock available in store, with a wide range of manufacturers, and price points represented. It is probably not the place to go looking for a bargain, but if you are looking to try a wide variety of instruments you will have a hard time finding somewhere better.
The service is reasonably good by music shop standards: no one has actually been rude to Richard, but if there is anything more interesting going on expect to be ignored for a little while. The staff, whilst obviously being musicians, aren't terribly invested in the success of the shop and so won't go out of their way to offer you help or advice.
The percussion section has a good range of full drum kits and not a bad range of cymbals for a their limited space. They also have a number of digital/electronic kits out on display. There is a range of other larger drums (congas, etc.) as well as a reasonable selection of hardware. If you are after something specific in a hurry you should probably phone ahead to see if they have it in stock.
There were signs up advertising several tutorial sessions.
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