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MKA generally can't supply band instruments, so each student needs an instrument, a few supplies, and a lesson book. Renting is the usual choice for the first year or two.
A quality instrument in good working condition, with repairs included and easy switches if your child changes instruments. Rent-to-own can carry a student all the way through middle school.
A good fit for committed students a few years in. Buy from a band specialist, ideally with a private teacher's help. Quality instruments keep some of their value.
Local and responsive, with rental and rent-to-own plans that include repairs. Visits MKA weekly for pickups and deliveries.
Woodbridge, NJ. A specialist for brass and woodwind purchases when a student is ready to upgrade. Call ahead, and ideally visit with a private teacher.
Rentals and rent-to-own. Families coordinate pickups, repairs and returns with the store directly.
Not recommended: instruments from Amazon, Target, Walmart or eBay. They look like the real thing but are hard to play, break easily, and often can't be repaired.
A cleaning rod and a small, thin, absorbent cloth for the inside of the flute.
Baritone, tuba, bassoon and bari sax players: talk with Mr. Murphy about keeping one instrument at home and borrowing a school instrument to play at school.
Please don't hand over the instrument until your child has learned in class how to open the case, put it together and care for it. 4th graders earn the right to take it home by passing the "instrument safety check".
Continuing students take their instrument home for the summer; please don't leave it in the band room. Rental returns: label the instrument with your RMA number and bring it to the band room before the last day of school.