IMSLP:Used sheet music stores
Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
Second-hand sheet music shops are often a good source of used public domain scores, which one can scan and contribute to IMSLP.
Here is a list of second-hand music stores around the world. This list does not include:
- libraries that allow the photocopying of scores
- second-hand stores that only have a few scores in a corner
- stores with only new public domain scores
| Shop | City | Address | Telephone | Website | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL | ||||||
| Lewthwaite Music | eBay | UK-based (Lancashire) | http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/LEWTHWAITEmusic__W0QQ_armrsZ1 | "Specialising in quality vintage, antiquarian, out of print and used music scores." | ||
| AUSTRALIA | ||||||
| DaCapo Music | Sydney | 51 Glebe Point Road Glebe NSW 2037 | +61 2 9660 1825 | music@dacapo.com.au | http://www.dacapo.com.au | |
| Kay's Secondhand Store | Lismore | 38 Carrington Street NSW 2480 | +61 2 6621 8030 (mob. 0408 235 793) | contact form | http://www.kaysmusic.com/ | |
| AUSTRIA | ||||||
| Musikhaus Doblinger | Vienna | Dorotheergasse 10 A-1010 | +43 (1) 515 03-0 (fax. -51) | music@doblinger.at | http://www.doblinger.at/ | A full room full of used sheet music |
| BELGIUM | ||||||
| De Slegte | Gent | Voldersstraat 7 | +32 9 225.59.18 | http:///www.deslegte.com | This second-hand bookstore has at most one shelf of used scores | |
| Various shops | Redu | Called 'booktown', this 400-inhabitant town hosts 23 mostly second hand book shops with various small collections of scores. | ||||
| FRANCE | ||||||
| Librairie Musicale Lignerolles | Bordeaux | 13-15 rue Parlement Ste Catherine 33000 | +33 5 56 44 81 53 | lignerolles@partitions-musique.com | http://www.partitions-musique.com/ | |
| Madrel François | Nice | 29 rue Lépante 06000 | +33 4 93 85 15 50 | |||
| Arioso | Paris | 45 rue de Rome F-75008 | +33 1 4470 9168 (fax. 9257) | arioso-01@nerim.net | http://www.arioso.fr/ | |
| NETHERLANDS | ||||||
| Muziekbeurs | Amsterdam | Trompenburgstraat 111 1079 TV | +31 (0)20 6445767 | http://www.muziekbeurs.nl/winkel/ | ||
| SWEDEN | ||||||
| Antikvariat Enhörningen | Stockholm | Stockholmsvägen 60 SE-181 42, Lidingö | +46 8 767 64 11 | enhorning@svaf.se | http://www.svaf.se/enhorning/en-index.html | "There is a comprehensive archive of printed music published in Sweden in the years 1800-1950 and a special collection of interesting illustrated sheet music covers (6000 items)" |
| Rönnells Antikvariat | Stockholm | Birger Jarlsgatan 32 11139 | +46 (0)8 545 015 60 | ronnells@svaf.se | http://www.ronnells.se/index.html | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | ||||||
| Bygone Times | Eccleston | Grove Mill, The Green, Nr Chorley PR7 5PB | +44 (0)1257 451889 | info@bygonetimes.co.uk | http://www.bygonetimes.co.uk/ | Apparently there's a large selection of sheet music on one stand. |
| Cheshire Books | Frodsham | Lady Heyes Craft Centre, Kingsley Road WA6 6SU | enquiries@cheshirebookcentre.com | http://www.cheshirebookcentre.com/ | ||
| Finchcocks Musical Museum | Goudhurst | Kent TN17 1HH | +44 (0)1580 211702 (fax. +44 (0)1580 211007) | contact form | http://www.finchcocks.co.uk/index.html | There is (reportedly) an outbuilding with second-hand sheet music, for all sorts of different instruments. |
| Alba Music | Glasgow | 55 Otago Street G12 8PQ, Scotland | +44 (0)141 357 1795 | robert@albamusick.co.uk | http://www.albamusick.co.uk/ | |
| Oxfam Books | Harrogate | 3 Montpellier Parade HG1 | +44 (0)1423 565497 | Apparently other Oxfam shops send their sheet music to Harrogate | ||
| Various shops | Hay-On-Wye | Herefordshire/Powys | contact form | http://www.hay-on-wye.co.uk/ | A UK 'booktown', of about 2,000 inhabitants and more than 30 bookshops (many specialising in second-hand) | |
| Archive Bookstore | London | 83 Bell Street, Marylebone NW1 6TB | +44 (0)207 402 8212 | http://www.archivebookstore.co.uk/ | ||
| Decorum Books | London | 24 Cloudesley Square N1 OHN | +44 (0)20 7278 1838 (fax. +44 (0)20 7837 6424) | decorumbooks@lineone.net | Large specialist stock including books on music, printed scores and sheet music, and other stuff like cinema, arts etc. | |
| Travis and Emery | London | 17 Cecil Court WC2N 4EZ | +44 (0)20 7 2402129 (fax. +44 (0)20 7 497 0790) | web@travis-and-emery.com | http://www.travis-and-emery.com/ | Amazing how much sheet music can be packed in a very small cosy store. Close to Foyles. |
| Carlton Antiques | Malvern | Rear No. 12 Worcester Rd WR14 4QU | +44 (0)1684 573092 | http://www.carlton-antiques.com/Carlton/music/sheetmusindex.htm | ||
| The Malvern Bookshop | Malvern | 7 Abbey Road WR14 3ES | +44 (0)1684 575915 | Closed Thur/Sun | ||
| Antiques on High | Oxford | 85 High Street OX1 4BG | +44 (0)1865 251075 | |||
| Austin Sherlaw-Johnson | Oxford | Stonefield OX29 8PP | +44 (0)1993 898223 | http://www.austinsj.co.uk | ||
| The Piano Shop | Paignton | Seaway Lane TQ2 (near Preston) | +44 (0)1803 524620 | thepianoshop@shines.swis.net | http://www.sheetmusicwarehouse.co.uk | |
| BookBarn | Somerset | White Cross BS39 6EX | +44 (0)1761 451333 +44 (0)1761 452178 | enquiries@bookbarninternational.co.uk | http://www.bookbarn.co.uk | |
| SecondHandScores.co.uk | neil@championhousepress.co.uk | http://www.secondhandscores.co.uk/ | Online only | |||
| USA | ||||||
| Selected Works Bookstore | Illinois | 410 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 210, Chicago | +1 (312) 447-0068 | "The bookstore also has a solid repertoire of sheet music, musical scores and out-of-print books." / Open on Sundays: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. |
