All Play & No Work

So you've poked around our site, checked out our inventory, maybe found something you can't live without. Now you want to know, “Who am I dealing with?” At Piccolo's the answer is simple: Musicians. What, no hoards of undead in telephone headsets? Nope. When you call us you're talking to a musician surrounded by actual musical instruments and gear, right here in the store. We can have your dream guitar (or mandolin, violin, etc.) in hand while we talk to you. We'll even play it over the phone— although given the sonic qualities of your average telephone, we'd also be happy to talk about how it sounds. We all have a pretty good set of ears on us.

John, Barb, and Fred

A Family Business In 1990 Barb Piccolo opened up shop as a local family-owned music store in Helena, MT. Twenty years later, Piccolo's is still just that, plus a website. Barb is here everyday, and her son John does guitar repair and sales. When they're not at the store you might catch them playing in their various bluegrass bands— Barb plays mandolin, guitar, piano, and accordion, while John plays guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, bass, and recently, dobro (and a few others). Everyone here is a musician, in fact. Fred Cobb, store manager and keyboardist extraordinaire, also plays a little violin and guitar (he's a huge Taylor fan!), and frequently serves as musical director for Grandsteet Theatre.  In short, there's a lot of music packed into this place, and we haven't even gotten to the stuff on the shelves.

Low Prices & Small Town Service

Most of our instruments are priced neck and neck with the big box stores— only when you order from us you'll know it's been checked over and properly set up. If you have any special requests regarding set-up, be sure to let us know.

Our Stuff 

We have solid affordable guitars to buy right here, right now, so you can get out and play. Then we have the guitars that you drool over for six months (and then buy so you can get out and play). Martin, Taylor, Fender, Jackson, Ibanez— We have your brand. Strings, straps, amps, pedals— we have your accessory. But hey, what about us non-guitar players? We have mandolins, fiddles/violins, drum gear, banjos, bodhrans, hand-made African djembes, bongos, and more. Did we miss anything? Oh, trumpets, clarinets, flutes, trombones, saxophones, cellos, basses, violas, violins, bows, and their accessories. We also carry the full line of CodaBows, the biggest technological revolution in violin playing since the Stradivarius. Plus sheet music, PA and recording equipment, a band & orchestra rent-to-own program, and a repair shop. We probably missed something, so you probably better use that search box after all.

Local Services

Our local offerings really needs its own page, but here's a quick run down:

Band/Orchestra Rent-to-Own Program
Guitar, Amp, Band, & Orchestra Repairs
More inventory. (Just because you don't see it doesn't mean we don't have it or can't get it. On the other hand, if you see it on the site, we almost always have it in stock.)
In Store Lessons
Local Music
Teachers Listings
Jam Sessions
Gift Certificates
Used & Trade-In