Forsyths.co.uk www.forsyths.co.uk

I've ordered my sheet music from Forsyths for many years and found them to be excellent all round. I recently ordered some Music Minus One products from them (Concierto de Aranjuez 2 CD set). The staff are very knowledgable and helpful, which helps with tracking down rare or exceptional pieces. They're a first rate shop and I would recommend them highly.

The service is old fasioned and personal, but thankfully the website is as modern as you could wish for. The search function is excellent and brings up good results every time in my experience. You can't buy instruments and CDs from the website yet it seems but that will come in time I suspect.

The lead times vary depending on the music you order - in the past music has been next day in most cases but the rarer items have taken a week or so. There's always someone to call and ask though so I was never left in the dark.