<p>There are quite a few music shops in the upper 40’s between broadway-6th ave. Sam Ash is on 48th street (163 W48th st), though I can’t talk about whether they have a good selection of mouthpieces for brass instruments or not…</p>
<p>Here is a list of some of the stores in the area that seem to be specializing in brass:</p>
<p>New York woodwind and brass (nywoodwindbrass.com) 168 w48th st (212)302-5893
International woodwind and brass 151 W 46th st
Brass lab 532 W 25th st (212)840-7165 (not entirely sure if this is strictly repair or sales; looks ike both). </p>
<p>As far as sheet music goes, Franks for classical music is probably the best resource now that Pattelson’s has gone under (sob…remember seeing them open on a sunday and practically crying in gratitude, when my son needed a score for the Mendelsohn that he forgot at home, pushing off the wrath of his teacher in the process:) 250 w54th st. BTW, that building is an incredible resource for music, there are a ton of music related businesses in there, including Luthiers, bow makers, Tarisio auctions and the like:). Colony is great for show music and the like as others have written. </p>
<p>Another resource for music, if you need the International Publishing version of a piece, they will sell retail (ignore what the website says), which has saved our bacon a couple of times so far.</p>
<p>The Juilliard bookstore also has a pretty good selection as well, currently on 64th st in a trailer, and it is open to the public.</p>