Alan's Music Center on La Mesa Boulevard has anchored La Mesa Village's retail corridor as a full-line instrument dealer since 1954. The store is an authorized dealer for Selmer, Bach, Buffet, Conn, Gemeinhardt, King, Ludwig, and Gretsch, stocking band and orchestra instruments from student-entry to concert grade — inventory that supplies students enrolled at studios like California School of Dance. San Diego's largest selection of print music and instructional literature fills dedicated aisles, covering method books, solo repertoire, and ensemble scores across all instruments. Private lessons run in on-site studios with instructors covering piano, guitar, bass, violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, and drums — a breadth of instruction that draws the same La Mesa Village foot traffic flowing through San Pasqual Winery Tasting Room & Gallery. The percussion department stocks Gretsch, Sunlite, and Ludwig drum kits alongside Sabian and Zildjian cymbals and stick lines from Pro-Mark, Vater, and Vic Firth.