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| Established since 1953, Tom Lee Music has dedicated itself to bringing the finest musical instruments together with the benefits of music making to the community of Hong Kong. Now with outlets across the territory, in mainland China, Macau and in Canada, it has grown to become one of the few truly internationally operated music retail companies in the world. | |||
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| Tom Lee Music is a chain of ] retailers, with locations in ] and ]. | |||
| Tom Lee Music’s main showroom in Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong, is the largest musical instrument store in South East Asia, with the widest range of products as well as the most comprehensive services to support the music industry. Instruments and equipments available include piano, orchestral instruments, guitar (acoustic, classical and electric), percussion (include African drums), harmonica, recorder, digital instruments, music software, music scores and reference books, educational tools, HiFi and audio products, amplifiers, recording gears and various accessories. All these instruments are produced by some of the top music manufacturers in the world. | |||
| ==Operations== | |||
| ===Hong Kong=== | |||
| Tom Lee Music opened its first retail shop in ] in 1953. Their main showroom is at Cameron Lane in Hong Kong. Their ] location makes it the largest musical instrument store in Hong Kong and possibly in ].{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} | |||
| On top of retail business, Tom Lee Music also has one of the best music instruments service and repair departments in Asia. Since 2001, Tom Lee Music’s Service Department has achieved ISO 9001:2000 of the Quality Management System and obtained the new version ISO 9001:2008 QMS certificate in 2009, ensuring musical instruments are well maintained with first-class services. In 2011, Tom Lee Music also implemented its first professional recording studio in its retail branch in Olympian City, highly praised by local musicians and pop artists who have used it for record recording and rehearsals. For music performance, Tom Lee Music Academy Hall in Megabox, Kowloon Bay is a medium size concert hall that can hold 200 audiences, providing professional equipments and sound systems that support various music events – concerts, competitions, workshops and many more. | |||
| ===Canada=== | |||
| Tom Lee Music Canada was incorporated in 1969. Its main showroom is located in the Tom Lee Music Building, a renovated 6 storey, {{convert|75000|sqft|m2|-2|abbr=on}}, century old historical building at 929 Granville Street, one block south of Robson Street and the Canada Line SkyTrain (Vancouver City Centre) station, in the heart of Downtown ]. Today it operates 9 locations throughout ], ]. | |||
| Tom Lee Music is a member of Quality Tourism Services Association accredited to Quality Tourism Services (QTS) Scheme, and its piano consult and salesman Dennis Chan Wing-fai has received the Hong Kong Retail Management Association’s Service and Courtesy Award in 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReU9p3QuTWQ). | |||
| On the music education front, Tom Lee Music Foundation founded by Mr Thomas Lee, founder of Tom Lee Music, in 1977, aims to make music more accessible by providing musical training and free music events to nurture the love and appreciation of music by the wider public. On top of providing professional music training for children as young as 6 months old to adults at over 20 Tom Lee Music Academy centers in Hong Kong and Macau, it is also one of the pioneers in bringing in overseas music training programs and international music examinations to Hong Kong, such as the creativity based, parent-child music lesson Yamaha Children Music Program, introduced about 30 years ago. | |||
| Some of the core events under Tom Lee Music Foundation includes the annual YAMAHA Asian Beat Band Competition and Soundbase acoustic band competition, monthly “Music Carnival” at waterfront at Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the biannual International Steinway Youth Piano Competition and masterclasses and workshops hosted by well-known musicians from around the world. | |||
| Recently, Tom Lee Music has formed a band music support program called Band Central to provide venue subsidies and quality musical instruments to young people who perform at Hang Out, a new youngsters’ community centre in Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong. Tom Lee Music also sponsors various pop and classical music concerts, providing the best instruments to enable musicians to play at their best. | |||
| ==Products and services== | |||
| *Pianos and Digital Pianos | |||
| *Electronic Keyboards | |||
| *Acoustic and Electric Guitars/Bass Guitars | |||
| *Amplifiers | |||
| *Guitar Effects Pedals | |||
| *Acoustic and Electric Percussion | |||
| *Orchestral Instruments and Accessories | |||
| *Folk Instruments and Accessories | |||
| *DJ equipment | |||
| *Professional Audio Editing Software and Equipment | |||
| *Print and Sheet Music | |||
| *Instrument rentals | |||
| *Audio System rentals | |||
| *Music Lessons | |||
| *Apparel | |||
| *Band Instrument Repair | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Established since 1953, Tom Lee Music has dedicated itself to bringing the finest musical instruments together with the benefits of music making to the community of Hong Kong. Now with outlets across the territory, in mainland China, Macau and in Canada, it has grown to become one of the few truly internationally operated music retail companies in the world.
Tom Lee Music’s main showroom in Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong, is the largest musical instrument store in South East Asia, with the widest range of products as well as the most comprehensive services to support the music industry. Instruments and equipments available include piano, orchestral instruments, guitar (acoustic, classical and electric), percussion (include African drums), harmonica, recorder, digital instruments, music software, music scores and reference books, educational tools, HiFi and audio products, amplifiers, recording gears and various accessories. All these instruments are produced by some of the top music manufacturers in the world.
On top of retail business, Tom Lee Music also has one of the best music instruments service and repair departments in Asia. Since 2001, Tom Lee Music’s Service Department has achieved ISO 9001:2000 of the Quality Management System and obtained the new version ISO 9001:2008 QMS certificate in 2009, ensuring musical instruments are well maintained with first-class services. In 2011, Tom Lee Music also implemented its first professional recording studio in its retail branch in Olympian City, highly praised by local musicians and pop artists who have used it for record recording and rehearsals. For music performance, Tom Lee Music Academy Hall in Megabox, Kowloon Bay is a medium size concert hall that can hold 200 audiences, providing professional equipments and sound systems that support various music events – concerts, competitions, workshops and many more.
Tom Lee Music is a member of Quality Tourism Services Association accredited to Quality Tourism Services (QTS) Scheme, and its piano consult and salesman Dennis Chan Wing-fai has received the Hong Kong Retail Management Association’s Service and Courtesy Award in 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReU9p3QuTWQ). On the music education front, Tom Lee Music Foundation founded by Mr Thomas Lee, founder of Tom Lee Music, in 1977, aims to make music more accessible by providing musical training and free music events to nurture the love and appreciation of music by the wider public. On top of providing professional music training for children as young as 6 months old to adults at over 20 Tom Lee Music Academy centers in Hong Kong and Macau, it is also one of the pioneers in bringing in overseas music training programs and international music examinations to Hong Kong, such as the creativity based, parent-child music lesson Yamaha Children Music Program, introduced about 30 years ago.
Some of the core events under Tom Lee Music Foundation includes the annual YAMAHA Asian Beat Band Competition and Soundbase acoustic band competition, monthly “Music Carnival” at waterfront at Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the biannual International Steinway Youth Piano Competition and masterclasses and workshops hosted by well-known musicians from around the world.
Recently, Tom Lee Music has formed a band music support program called Band Central to provide venue subsidies and quality musical instruments to young people who perform at Hang Out, a new youngsters’ community centre in Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong. Tom Lee Music also sponsors various pop and classical music concerts, providing the best instruments to enable musicians to play at their best.