Second-hand music & instruments in Toronto typically sells for C$28 to C$1,500 (about $20 to $1,100). Playability is what a serious buyer is paying for, so a low, even action and honest frets outweigh looks entirely. Original parts count on older instruments, and a replaced pickup or tuner can take real money off despite being an upgrade.
Buying music & instruments in Toronto
Toronto is Canada’s largest city and its most expensive, and the condo boom of the last two decades means an enormous share of the population lives in a small apartment.
Anything with a soundboard hates being posted: temperature and knocks in transit undo a setup and can crack a body outright. Carrying it home yourself, in its case, is the safest journey it will make.
What to check in person
Play every note up the neck and listen for buzzing, and sight down the neck from the body to check it is straight. Look at the bridge and the area around the tuning pegs for cracks or old repairs, and try every key or valve.
Collecting it in Toronto
It needs a car boot rather than a bag, so agree somewhere you can actually stop for a few minutes. That is easier away from the centre than in it.
Most small handovers happen near a subway or GO station because driving downtown and finding anywhere to stop is genuinely difficult. For condo collections, the building will usually require the service lift to be booked in advance.
Selling your music & instruments in Toronto free
Rental turnover is high and newcomers to Canada arrive here in greater numbers than anywhere else, so households are constantly being furnished from scratch and cleared out again. Supply is steady rather than seasonal.
Say when it was last set up or serviced, and be honest about buzzes and dead spots. Have it tuned and ready to play when the buyer arrives, and include the case if you have it, because a case is worth real money on its own. Lifts in September as lessons restart, and again after Christmas.
Interac e-Transfer is the norm and is instant and traceable, which suits a private sale well. It is what most buyers will suggest before anything else.
Music & Instruments worth listing in Toronto
Same region (Ontario)
If nothing in Toronto suits, Ottawa, Brampton and Hamilton each have their own music & instruments page, and a seller will often meet part of the way for something worth the trip.
More in Toronto: everything second hand in Toronto, or Music & Instruments across Canada.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.