Helping students with their first notes,
one rental at a time.
Quality instruments, no-worries swaps, and a workshop full of musicians behind every horn. Built for first lessons, first chairs, and everything after.
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The no-worries rental.
Rentals shouldn't be a nail-biter for parents. Ours come with the flexibility to grow and the cover to keep playing through whatever happens in a school year.
Flexibility to switch or size up
Students change instruments, outgrow sizes, and find new favorites. Swap or step up anytime — no penalty, no paperwork.
Protection built in
Normal wear-and-tear, maintenance, and repairs are covered. You make music; we take care of the rest.
Month-to-month or 10-month plans
Match your school year. Pause for summer or keep going year-round — whichever fits your family.
Instruments that help a beginner succeed
from day one.
Our philosophy: great sound, durability, value. Because we make our own instruments and we fix them in-house, we know what works — and when something goes wrong, it's our problem to fix.
Don't let your money
go to waste.
Every dollar of base rent applies toward purchase. Stop renting whenever you like — buy out the instrument your student already loves, or trade your equity toward a new one.
100% equity, always
The full base rental amount applies to equity ownership. No clawbacks, no gotchas.
Buy out or trade up
Apply your equity to your used instrument or any new instrument — a step up, or something entirely different.
Pick the right instrument for you
Upgrade to the next size, switch to a different horn, or stay the course — your equity travels with the student.
The best value in instrument rentals — guaranteed.
We size against the chain rental shops every season. Not convinced? Call us and we'll beat any student instrument rental price.
| Instrument | Tunepike · from | Chain stores · typical |
|---|---|---|
| Alto Saxophone | $45 / mo | $59 / mo |
| Violin | $22 / mo | $32 / mo |
| Trumpet | $28 / mo | $42 / mo |
| Cello | $54 / mo | $78 / mo |
| Flute | $26 / mo | $38 / mo |
| Clarinet | $24 / mo | $36 / mo |
Three steps from sign-up to first note.
Pick your instrument
Browse our hand-curated selection of band and orchestra instruments — every model we'd put in our own kid's hands.
Choose a plan
Flexible month-to-month or 10-month rental plans with no long-term commitment. Pause anytime.
Play & enjoy
We ship to you or your school. Trade up, return, or buy out whenever it makes sense for the player.
A rental program parents recommend to other parents.
We earn it by being the team that picks up the phone, ships a swap the same week, and remembers your kid's name on the second call.
My son loves his saxophone. He's playing it more than ever — and when something went wrong, Tunepike just handled it.
Choose your instrument.
Browse the full lineup — filter by family, then pick the model that fits your student's hands, level, and program.
