Downtown Manchester, Tennessee

Stone Fort Music

Stringed instruments, lessons, and a room where players can gather.

Shop notes and the road

From the shop


Welcome to the new website! We are having a sale, buy two sets of strings, get one free!

All the notes

  • Instruments Banjos, fiddles, guitars, mandolins, harmonicas, digital pianos, and the small parts that keep them playing.
  • Lessons Private lessons for local players. Write and say which instrument, and when you can come in.
  • A place to meet Built for the acoustic players around Manchester, not only for the sale.
Woodcut of four musicians from behind, seated in a circle with banjo, fiddle, guitar, and bass.
Original print made for this site. Not a photograph of the shop.

The owner


Joey Gipson opened the shop on East Main. He is a championship banjo player.

The name comes from the Old Stone Fort, the ancient stone enclosure just west of town. Settlers called it a fort. It was a place people came to. The shop is meant to work the same way.

Read the story

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109 E. Main St.
Manchester, TN 37355

(931) 954-0102

CustomerService@stonefortmusic.com

Call or write for shop hours and for a lesson time. What is on the wall is in the shop.