“I have had students so delighted that we moved downtown and have said things like, can you give me good marks today because my mom said if I do good, I can go to the candy store it’s just awesome,” Nickoloff said. Nickoloff plans to officially reopen March 8. The current cost for lessons is $104 a month and includes four half hour private lessons.ĭiscounted, hourly rates are available as well. Lessons resumed at the new location on March 1 and can be scheduled by appointment by going to the website or stopping by the new shop. “It’s just every time something would open up, it would be gone so fast because the area is in high demand.” “But, it has always been around the Kresge area, and I knew for a couple years that I wanted to get downtown. “Ron Zehel’s has always been local ever since opening back in 1976,” he said. Nickoloff said the move was a long time coming. A new window opening displays music paraphernalia. The Ron Zehel Guitar Center, 215 Park Ave., will welcome back students March 8. Since then, the business has continued to expand its offerings to include lessons for all ages and levels on guitar, drums, piano, vocal, trumpet, mandolin, banjo and music theory.Ĭurrently, the Guitar Center has three guitar instructors, a drum instructor and a band instrument instructor specializing in trumpet. 12, 1976, at 2284 Kresge Drive in Amherst as a place to buy and sell musical instruments as well as learn how to play the guitar. Ron Zehel originally opened the business Nov. “I grew up in Amherst, and just the small town with a big heart atmosphere, and kept wanting to be a part of that.” “I have been wanting to get downtown for quite some time now,” Nickoloff said. Jeff Nickoloff is a student of Ron Zehel’s having taken guitar lessons from Zehel before working at the shop and eventually purchasing it in 2012. The building, home to a bakery in the 1950s and 1960s, will provide the Guitar Center with the much needed space and atmosphere that owner Jeff Nickoloff had searched for since purchasing the business in 2012. Ron Zehel Guitar Center will relocate to 215 Church St. A great spot for guitar lessons in Amherst will resume March 8.
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