Musical affair
Furtados, the musical legacy, opens its largest store in the country
PHOTO: MURALI KUMAR K.In tune Furtados is a complete musical package
Furtados in Koramangala is spread over three floors. Their second outlet in the city after Gandhinagar, this is the biggest store from the Mumbai-based 142-year-old Furtados.
The ground floor stocks gleaming grand and upright pianos of all ranges from B Steiner, Steinway & Sons, Boston, Essex, Yamaha, Ritmuller, Pearl River to Viscount which range from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. one crore. This floor also stocks books on music.Layers of music
The first floor displays high and low-range drums, percussion and guitars, winged and string instruments and keyboards, with a dedicated corner for stage performances. With a running banner of signatures of musicians from Mozart, Frederic Chopin, Franz Schubert, Joe Satriani to Eric Clapton, music is definitely the lifeline of this store.
A variety of acoustic and electric guitars hang with nylon and steel ones, rhythm- fixed bridge guitars to melody Floyd Rose ones. There is a dedicated section to hard cases and straps as well.
Coming to the separate room of winged and string instruments, there are brands from Germany, Indonesia, Korea to the US like Karl Hofner and Pearl River ranging from Rs. 20,000 onwards. There are sound-proofed demo rooms to plug in your instruments to the amplifier and check out the sound and quality. The high-range acoustic guitars range from Rs. 70,000 to Rs. one lakh with Takamine, Walden, Fender to Hofner. Keyboards from children’s beginners to stage professional workstations range from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. two lakh with brands like Roland, Casio and Yamaha. Mouth organs start at Rs. 7,000 and percussion instruments at Rs. 11,000. There are racks of accessories to choose from — drumsticks, drumheads, nylon brushes, kits and cymbals.
The third floor stocks Indian instruments from flutes, tablas to sitars. This floor also has Pro-Audio, which has…More
