# Instruments Wholesale

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instruments-wholesale/148164>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 12, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instruments-wholesale/148164 "2003-01-12T18:43:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ottoerotic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ottoerotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ottoerotic)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instruments-wholesale/148164/1 "2003-01-12T18:43:21Z")

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I’m planning on starting my own small music store, and I need to know where i can look to find a wholesale dealer for instruments and accesories. Thanks much in advance.

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**Author:** ![cvandy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cvandy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cvandy3)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instruments-wholesale/148164/2 "2003-01-14T00:53:36Z")

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bump

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**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instruments-wholesale/148164/3 "2003-01-14T02:49:06Z")

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I think if you call one of the major music instrument manufacturers like Yamaha, Roland, Alesis, etc., they can direct you to a dealer or distributor.