Ingram and Brauns Music

John Ingram and Bernhard Brauns have been doing business as Ingram and Brauns Musik Shoppe in Modesto, Pleasanton and the surrounding areas since 1985. (See Modesto Bee article "Music Men" dated July 26, 2004)

We have 2 stores, one in Modesto and one in Pleasanton. Our original location on Yosemite Blvd. is a state of the art full service repair facility that services many of the professional players in the area and all over the United States. All of our stores carry a full line of instruments from all of the major manufacturers, including: Yamaha, Getzen, Conn, Selmer, Ludwig, Deagan, Yanagisawa, Musser, Bach, Gretsch, Hohner, Zildjian and many others. We also carry a fine selection of sheet music. Bernhard Brauns received his Comprehensive Band Instrument Repair certification from Allied Music Corporation in 1986, which was known as one of the most prestigious repair facilities in the nation. He is also a certified Professional Straubinger technician and has studied with such notables as Bob Getzen, Jonathon Lindell, David Straubinger and Eddie Strege (Badger State Repair). He has taken classes in string repair and set up and is also a certified bench jeweler. He is an accomplished trumpet player.

John Ingram, Bernhard's business partner and friend is a music teacher with over 45 years experience at both the High school and Middle school levels. He earned his Baccalaureate Degree in Music from Cal State Hayward and his teaching credential in 1967. He has also completed certification classes at Allied in Saxophone repair. He currently operates our second (and busiest) location in Pleasanton. He is an accomplished clarinet player and private instructor who has been instrumental in growing our Pleasanton lesson studios, which now serve over 800 student per week.