Hickey’s Music Center

Specialties

For everyone who loves music, Hickey’s Music is your source for print music, instruments and everything you need to make music. Large selection of sheet music and other print music products on hand. Also student and professional instruments is trumpets and trombones by Conn, Bach, Courtois, and Sonare & Eastman. Saxophones by Selmer and Cannonball, Clarinets by Buffet, Flutes by Powell, Sonare, Amadeus, Jupiter, Avanti and DiZhao. Discount accessories, cymbals, sticks and more.

History

Established in 1892.

Hickey’s Music Center started out as Hickey’s Lyceum Music Store in 1892, named after its founder, Joseph Hickey. Joe was first employed as a clerk in a candy shop, but he soon caught the enteprenurial bug and went into the music business, opening a shop that specialized in guitars, mandolins and banjos. The original store was located on what is now The Commons in Ithaca, adding piano rolls and early phonographs, among other things, to its product line. A large selection of print music for both educational and popular uses was added, as well as pianos and additional instruments. Hickey’s even had its own line of band instruments in those days. In 1949, after an unfortunate mishap when a piano wrecked a customer’s car (it’s a long story), the store discontinued piano sales. For this we are eternally grateful!

Meet the Business Owner

David Z.

Business Owner

David Zimet, co-​owner with Charles DePaolo of Hickey’s Music Center bring their combined experience as musicians, teachers, repair technician, and publisher to design a unique offering for amateur and professional musicians.