March 31, 2025 - UPTOWN UPDATE
The best part of still working at my store is to get an impromptu visit from my daughter, Kara Miller, and some of her students from the Rochester City school where she teaches. They were just taking a walk around the neighborhood.
this is a tiny part of the pile that extends about 15 feet
And through the talents of Sammy Hirsh, we were able to obtain what appears to be an extremely rare instrument that is out of my league. It’s going to make someone very very happy.
A nice old 1930s Epiphone jazz box walked in last week…
Ryan Yarmel and Aaron Lipp at Steuben Brewery. Aaron told me he bought this guitar from me nearly half of his life ago! The two of them, together make music that sounds "old" and "new" at the same time.
My first grandson, Elliot Miller spent the evening with me in Penn Yan. We had some great conversations and a nice tasty dinner with some eggplant and garlic bread. I love him so much.
UPTOWN UPDATE
March 31st, 2025
Greetings folks,
The merry pranksters of Uptown Music have been hitting it out of the park lately. We’ve been selling our fair share of instruments but more than that we’ve been buying like maniacs. Single instruments are coming in the door every day, but also large collections. This past week, Sam, Sammy, Ryan, Alex and I put together deals for several very large and serious collections that came from customers who are downsizing. These collections contain handmade and vintage instruments and many custom made, special order items. We will be cataloging these over the course of the next few weeks, but in addition, on April 7th Ryan and I will be heading to New England to sample some lobster, a few oysters and pick up as many guitars, mandolins and banjos that will fit in our big rental van. Contact the store or call me if you’ve got any instruments you’re interested in selling or consigning. We are all in….
Additionally, I’d like to give a shout out to all those local customers who have been supporting us over the past years. Even though our hours are cut back and we are only open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, please remember that we are open by appointment on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and additionally, we can ship you ANYTHING you want no matter how close or far away you live. Lately I’ve seen a few people supporting us by buying strings and just having us ship them to them by mail…well that goes for any kind of musical instrument supply or accessory you may need. Explore our website for some more interesting things….some are buried very deep in the site and I’m re-discovering them myself sometimes.
Julie and I spent Sunday touring around the lake and ended at Steuben Brewery watching our own Ryan Yarmel and the great Aaron Lipp play as a duo for the "Lager Fest". It was a tasty afternoon of great music, beer and the air of spring about to embark.
With peace,
John Bernunzio
The view from Steuben Brewery
We paid a visit to this fine, family run establishment. We bought some bourbon flavored maple syrup.
Mist over Keuka Lake