Institutional Department

Educational institutions, Churches, Synagogues, Performing Arts Centers, Cultural facilities, Hotels and Restaurants, all require a special kind of keyboard instruments that meets the most exacting standards of tone, projection, durability and value. Professional musicians understand the unique qualities of a keyboard instrument and the special relationship between the performer and instruments that have been maintained at the peak of its potential.

Since 1924, Rice Music House, one of the country’s oldest and most respected keyboard retailers, features a staff of professionals experienced in handling the unique needs of musicians working in an institutional setting.

The Institutional department of Rice Music House is devoted to partnering with you and your institution to help you acquire and maintain top quality keyboard instruments including pianos, digital pianos and keyboards, organs and more. They are dedicated in assisting you with their personal service dedicated to your individual needs. You are given one-on-one attention with such services as inventory analysis and evaluation, inventory service and maitanence, product training and assistance, inventory planning, fund raising, budget planning and more. They primarily work with the following types of institutions and organizations.

a) Educational Institutions
b) Performance Venues
c) Religious Organizations and Institutions
d) Hospitality Industry and Organizations.

Here is a list of some of services that will provide with regards to your institution’s piano needs.

All Steinway School Program:
All Steinway School demonstrate a commitment to excellence by providing their students and faculty with the finest instruments possible for the study of music. Across the world over 90 esteemed institutions hold the title All Steinway School. Click here for a list of All Steinway Schools or contact us at Rice Music House (803) 254-2777.

The Steinway Institutional Ownership Plan:
This innovative program enables your college, school or university to increase its inventory of Steinway and Steinway designed pianos or reach “All Steinway School” status, within even the most demanding budgets. Payments can customized and structured to fit your budget cycles and fundraising campaigns.

The Keys to Sound Success
Six proven turnkey fundraising programs drawing from Steinway fundraising success stories around the world. We will consult with you to provide further customization to suit your needs.

Steinway and Sons Institutional Service:
Rice Music is dedicated to helping you design a comprehensive technical program to best care for your current and future piano inventory.

The Steinway Inventory Analysis:
This is an invaluable planning tool offered at no cost. Rice Music House will visit your performance venue to evaluate the instrument(s) you won. Then, we will prepare a comprehensive report that explains the condition nd use of each of the instrument. We include recommendations for the maintenance, restoration, repair and or/replacement.

Roland Digital Pianos and Keyboards and The Music Technology and Support:
Rice Music House in partnership with the Roland Music Education’s Creative Solution for Inspired Learning for your school or class room or in enhancing your Worship Music at the Church or Synagogue.

This is an exciting time to be a music educator, a church musician or keyboardist. Today’s technology tools teach traditional concepts in new and creative ways that increase student involvement. Interest and retention, innovative technology also allows us to develop broad-based programs extending the power of music education to students of a new generation. Today’s technology tools and instruments provide a musician or keyboardist to create music beyond imagination.

With Roland’s diverse line of products and services, we offer solutions that address today’s needs of music educators, giving them the flexibility to grow in the future. From electronic percussion to guitar processor, amplifiers and keyboards, Roland products have consistently and dependably helped ensembles shine.

Our experienced staff understands today’s music classroom needs, the church musician’ needs and with the support of Roland offers innovative education products that make learning music fun, that make performing fun and that make creating music fun.

Customer Piano Labs.
Practice Rooms
Innovative Lesson Studios
Technology Labs,
Speakers and Amplifiers
Music software for computers
Roland Keyboards and Synthesizers
Keyboard Workstations

For more information, contact us at (803) 254-2777 or click here.

Hammond Church Organs.

Rice Music House is the oldest authorized dealership for Hammond Church Organs. As a matter of fact they are entering their 75th year of representing the Hammond church organs in South Carolina.
Our Institutional Department has worked with hundreds of architects, musicians, music and finance committees and donors from the drawing board to final installation of their Church Organ and the Speakers.

Our mission at Rice Music House and the Hammond Organ company is provide your institutions with most innovative, best sounding musical instruments at the lowest price possible. Today we are just a committed to providing the best Hammond organ and Leslie Speakers as we were the first day became a Hammond Organ dealer some 75 Years ago.

Our staff and can meet with your staff and assist you from day one of your search with our guidance, advise, counsel and after the sale service all with our 100% Customer Satisfaction Guarantee.

For additional information about Hammond Organs and Leslie Speakers contact us at 803-254-2777 or click here.