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Musical Instruments & Gear - Working

Musical instruments are tools, sometimes electric, for creating music and tunes when played.

Consider donation or posting online for reuse.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Oakland Museum - White Elephant Sale 333 Lancaster St. Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up
Oakland Guitars & Dead Note Repairs (formerly Broken Guitars) 423 40th St
(corner of Webster & 40th)
Oakland Reuse Drop-off for a Fee, Buyback Drop-off Guitar store that buys, sells, trades, and repairs guitars and amps.
Oakland Guitars & Dead Note Repairs (formerly Broken Guitars) 423 40th St
(corner of Webster & 40th)
Oakland Repair Drop-off for a Fee, Buyback Drop-off Guitar store that buys, sells, trades, and repairs guitars and amps.
Northern Ca Swap Meets Inc 1150 Ballena Blvd Alameda Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Nextdoor Headquarters
420 Taylor St
San Francisco Reuse Free Pick-up, Buyback Pick-up
Musical Instrument Library c/o Lark in the Morning
1001 Camelia St
Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off
Music In Schools Today (East Bay) East Bay Center for Performing Arts
339 11th Street
Richmond Reuse Free Drop-off No pianos
Model Shoe Renew 1934 Shattuck Ave Berkeley Repair Drop-off for a Fee Musical instrument cases
Listia
Online
Oakland Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Laney College Flea Market 510 Fallon St Oakland Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Kennedy High School Flea Market 39999 Blacow Rd Fremont Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Jordan Music Services 1173 Linden Dr. Concord Reuse Free Drop-off, Buyback Drop-off
Jordan Music Services 1173 Linden Dr. Concord Repair Free Drop-off, Buyback Drop-off
House of Woodwinds 2205C San Ramon Valley Blvd. San Ramon Reuse Free Drop-off
Hospice Thrift Shoppe - Alamo 3162 Danville Blvd. Alamo Reuse Free Drop-off
Guitar Center 1280 Willow Pass Rd. Concord Reuse Buyback Drop-off, Buyback Mail-in
Gryphon Stringed Instruments 211 Lambert Ave Palo Alto Reuse Buyback Drop-off Consignment Services Avaliable . Call for more information
Goodwill (Walnut Creek) 2536 N Main Street Walnut Creek Reuse Free Drop-off Including pianos & organs (call first)
Goodwill (South San Francisco ) 225 Kenwood Way South San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off Including pianos & organs (call first)
Goodwill (San Rafael) 809 Lincoln Ave San Rafael Reuse Free Drop-off Including pianos & organs (call first)

Curbside Service

Bulky Pickup Note
Alameda
Bundled & labeled for reuse/donation. Contact ACI at (510) 483-1400 for a bulky pick-up.
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Albany
Berkeley
Castro Valley Sanitary District
Separate and label good/working condition items for donation as part of your Bulky & Reuse Pick-up set out.
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Dublin
Emeryville
Fremont
Hayward
Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Livermore
Newark
Oakland
Piedmont
Pleasanton
San Leandro
San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Union City

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