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| 3313 Danforth Avenue Toronto (Danforth), Ontario, M1L 1B8 Phone: (416) 309-8722 Lesson Centre: Phone or Text (416) 309-8723 Email: danforth@long-mcquade.com Lesson Centre Email: danforthlessons@long-mcquade.com Store Hours Monday: 10:00am - 9:00pm |
Directions to Long & McQuade Danforth
We are located in west Scarborough on the south side of Danforth Avenue, east of Pharmacy Avenue. We are a 15 minute walk east of Victoria Park subway station.
Services offered at this location
- Toronto's east end destination for musical instruments
- Sales, rentals and financing of most major brands of musical instruments, pro audio, sheet music and accessories
- Music lessons offered for piano, guitar, drums, violin, vocal, woodwinds, ukulele, and banjo from qualified instructors
- In-store guitar repair
About our Danforth Location
Long & McQuade Danforth opened in 2020. It is a brand new location designed to serve Toronto's east end music community. At the location we have 10,000 square feet dedicated to sales of products from Fender, Gibson, Ernie Ball, Marshall, Roland, Yamaha, Drum Workshop, Paiste, Yorkville Sound and many other major brands to fit all budgets. Our second floor is occupied by our Music Lesson Centre which includes 12 studios and offers lessons in a variety of instruments and also houses our guitar repair shops.
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Long & McQuade
Performance Assurance
Buying a new instrument is an exciting event and we want to ensure that every instrument we sell comes exactly how the manufacturer intended it to be. That is why Long & McQuade performs a quality control check for every stringed, brass, and woodwind instrument over $99 ordered online at Long-McQuade.com.
Our team of experienced staff will unbox your instrument and perform a detailed inspection to ensure it leaves our warehouse looking and playing great with our QC card signed and dated for your peace of mind.
We work hard to source the best instruments from around the world from the finest brands. It is important to us that you are completely satisfied with your new instrument purchase from day one onwards.
Stringed Instrument Performance Assurance Checklist
Unlike our free set-up, which is included within the first year of purchase, this process is done to have the instrument set to the factory specs rather than to each player's feel or preferences.
We look after the following:
- Inspect finish and hardware.
- Check electronics to make sure everything is in working order. Check batteries on active pickups.
- Inspect strings.
- Inspect frets and fretboard.
- Check truss rod. Adjust for bow and relief.
- Tune instrument to manufacturer’s specified tuning.
- Check/set action height.
- Stretch strings and re-tune instrument and ensure machine heads are working well.
- Check for fret buzz by playing every note.
- Check/set intonation.
- Check/set pickup height.
- Cleaning and professional repacking.
Band and Orchestral Performance Assurance Checklist
We look after the following:
- Proper lubrication of valves and keys.
- Proper pad placement and levelling.
- Proper fit of tuning slides.
- Proper fit of tenon joints.
- Lubricating corks for ease of set up.
- Inspecting the case.
- Safe removal of any shipping corks.
- Ensuring all accessories function properly.
- Inspecting bow hair and test tension.
- Ensuring soundpost and bridge are set correctly.
- Testing tuning pegs.
- Tuning strings to correct pitch.
- Cleaning and professionally repacking.