Directions to Hickeys



Finding Hickey's Music Center

Ithaca is centrally isolated at the south end of Cayuga Lake in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of Central New York State. We are about an hour and a half drive southwest of Syracuse or about two hours southeast of Rochester. We are about 4½ hours northwest of New York City and an hour or less from Binghamton and other communities in the Southern Tier. You can reach Ithaca by Greyhound bus or airplane, with US Airways and Northwest Airlines servicing the area. Unfortunately there is no passenger rail service to Ithaca. You can even sail to Ithaca from the Atlantic Ocean via the inland waterways, however please allow extra time for travel.



Airlines servicing Ithaca & Central New York:



Our Location

Our store is at the corner of Dey (pronounced "DAY") and Adams Streets in the pleasant Fall Creek section of the city. We are housed in the old Ithaca Calendar Clock Building, a large white two and three story brick building built in 1875 (and rebuilt in one year later after a fire completely destroyed the original). We can be reached by the number 13 TCat bus, or by a short 12 to 15 minute walk from downtown. Parking is right outside the door and is plentiful and free at all times.

Finding Hickeys from the North & Northeast

(I-90, I-81 or Route 13 from Syracuse, Cortland, Lansing or the Airport)

Take Route 13 south. Follow it all the way down the hill alongside the lake into the city of Ithaca. The first traffic light you reach is Dey Street. Turn left and drive about 200 yards to the intersection with Adams. We are located in the big white building on the left. Our front door faces the park. You can't miss the building because everything else in the area is a house.

Finding Hickeys from the Northwest

(I-90, Route 89 or 96 from Rochester, Geneva or Trumansburg)

Take Route 89 or 96 south into Ithaca. Drive over the Cayuga Lake inlet bridge and into town until you reach the intersection with Route 13 NORTH (it's a one-way turn left). Turn left and drive about ½ to ¾ mile. The highway will become two way at Purity Ice Cream. Drive to the SECOND traffic light (Dey Street) after the highway becomes two-way. Turn right at the light (Dey Street is just past the Science Center). Go down Dey Street about 200 yards. Hickeys is located in the big white building on the left, and our front door faces the park. You can't miss the building because everything else in the area is a house.

Finding Hickeys from the South & Southeast

(I-86, Route 17, 96 or 96B from Binghamton, Owego or Scranton, PA)

Take Route 96B north into Ithaca, past Ithaca College and down the hill. Later, do not turn left where the "96B" says to—keep going straight. Cross the bridge and pass the Commons (a pedestrial mall on your left). The road is now called Aurora Street. Go straight until you reach Tompkins Street (it's after Yates and Marshall Streets). Make a left on Tompkins and go to one block past the traffic light. At one block past the light, turn right. We are in the big white building, and our front door faces the park. You can't miss the building because everything else in the area is a house.

Finding Hickeys from the Southwest

(I-86, Routes 13, 17, 34 or 96 from Elmira or Corning)

Take Route 13 north into Ithaca past Buttermilk Falls State Park, all the stores, car dealerships, restaurants, and gas stations. The highway will become one-way for about a mile, and then become two-way once again just past Purity Ice Cream. Drive to the SECOND traffic light after the highway becomes two-way (Dey Street) and turn right. This is right after the Science Center (you can't miss it on your right). Go down Dey Street about 200 yards. Hickey's is located in the big white building on the left. You can't miss the building because everything else in the area is a house. Our front door faces the park.

Finding Hickeys from the East

(I-81, Route 79, Syracuse, Binghamton, Whitney Point)

Take NY Route 79 west into Ithaca. Follow it down the hill into town until it comes to a "T" at Aurora Street (The Commons). Turn right onto Aurora Street. Drive until you reach Tompkins Street (it's after Yates and Marshall Streets). Make a left on Tompkins and go to one block *past* the traffic light. At one block past the light, turn right. We are in the big white building. You can't miss the building because everything else in the area is a house. Our front door faces the park.

Finding Hickeys from the West

(Routes 79, 89, 96, Watkins Glen, Ithaca Greyhound Bus Station)

Follow Route 79 into Ithaca. Drive over the Cayuga Lake inlet bridge and into town until you reach the intersection with Route 13 NORTH (it's a one-way turn left). Turn left and drive about ½ to ¾ mile. The highway will become two way at Purity Ice Cream. Drive to the SECOND traffic light (Dey Street) after the highway becomes two-way. Turn right at the light (Dey Street is just past the Science Center). Go down Dey Street about 200 yards. Hickeys is located in the big white building on the left, and our front door faces the park. You can't miss the building because everything else in the area is a house.

Finding Hickeys from Cornell University

Drive down Buffalo Street to the second traffic light in town (Tioga Street). Turn right on Tioga and go to the stop-sign at Tompkins. Go one block further to Lewis Street and turn left. Follow Lewis until it ends. Hickey's is in the big white building in front of you, our front door faces the park.

Finding Hickeys from Ithaca College

Exit via the front entrance of the college onto Route 96B and turn right towards town. Later, do not turn left where the "96B" says to—keep going straight. Cross the bridge and pass the Commons. The road is now called Aurora Street. Go straight until you reach Tompkins Street (it's after Yates and Marshall Streets). Make a left on Tompkins and go to one block past the traffic light. At one block past the light, turn right. We are in the big white building, and our front door faces the park. You can't miss the building because everything else in the area is a house.

Bus Directions from Ithaca College

The route 13 TCAT bus route passes within just a few blocks of Hickey's location. This requires a transfer from the Route 11 bus serving Ithaca College. To get here, simply board the Route 11 bus in front of The Towers residence hall, Roy Park School, or at College Circle Apartments. The Route 11 bus goes downtown where you will want to transfer to the Route 13.

See complete Route 11 and 13 weekday, Saturday and Sunday schedules at www.tcatbus.com or call 1-607-277-RIDE.

Sailing to Ithaca from the Atlantic

Enter Lower New York Bay from Raritan Bay. Sail up to Upper New York Bay and into the Hudson River (it's to the west of Manhattan Island). Sail the Hudson up to Waterford and enter the Erie Canal. Travel west on the Erie Canal, and then south onto Cayuga Lake. Sail Cayuga's 38 mile length (with a typically strong NW following wind) and tie up at Treman Marina. Catch a cab for the last few short blocks to Hickey's Music!

Find Hickey's from Deep Space

Warp your starship to Alpha Quadrant (Milky Way Galaxy). Navigate to the Sol system and orbit the third planet (we suggest a distant orbit in order to avoid space junk). Our store is located in the Northern Hemisphere (the one with the frozen ocean over the pole). We are on the smaller of the two large land masses, known as North America. Affect a terrestial landing on that mass, and then consult a humanoid for directions to New York City. Then follow the sailing directions above.




Woodwind Instrumentation Codes

Following many of the titles in our Wind Ensemble catalog, you will see a set of numbers enclosed in square brackets, as in this example:

Description Price
Rimsky-Korsakov
Quintet in Bb [1011-1 w/piano]
Item: 26746		 $28.75

The bracketed numbers tell you the precise instrumentation of the ensemble. The first number stands for Flute, the second for Oboe, the third for Clarinet, the fourth for Bassoon, and the fifth (separated from the woodwinds by a dash) is for Horn. Any additional instruments (Piano in this example) are indicated by "w/" (meaning "with") or by using a plus sign.

Flute   Oboe   Clarinet   Bassoon   —   Horn

This woodwind quartet is for 1 Flute, no Oboe, 1 Clarinet, 1 Bassoon, 1 Horn and Piano.

Sometimes there are instruments in the ensemble other than those shown above. These are linked to their respective principal instruments with either a "d" if the same player doubles the instrument, or a "+" if an extra player is required. Whenever this occurs, we will separate the first four digits with commas for clarity. Thus a double reed quartet of 2 oboes, english horn and bassoon will look like this:

0,2+1,0,1-0

Note the "2+1" portion means "2 oboes plus english horn"

Titles with no bracketed numbers are assumed to use "Standard Instrumentation." The following is considered to be Standard Instrumentation:

Brass Instrumentation Codes

Following many of the titles in our Brass Ensemble catalog, you will see a set of five numbers enclosed in square brackets, as in this example:

Description Price
Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man [343.01 w/tympani]
Item: 02158		 $14.95

The bracketed numbers tell you how many of each instrument are in the ensemble. The first number stands for Trumpet, the second for Horn, the third for Trombone, the fourth (separated from the first three by a dot) for Euphonium and the fifth for Tuba. Any additional instruments (Tympani in this example) are indicated by a "w/" (meaning "with") or by using a plus sign.

Trumpet     Horn     Trombone   .   Euphonium     Tuba

Thus, the Copland Fanfare shown above is for 3 Trumpets, 4 Horns, 3 Trombones, no Euphonium, 1 Tuba and Tympani. There is no separate number for Bass Trombone, but it can generally be assumed that if there are multiple Trombone parts, the lowest part can/should be performed on Bass Trombone.

Titles listed in our catalog without bracketed numbers are assumed to use "Standard Instrumentation." The following is considered to be Standard Instrumentation:

People often ask us about "PJBE" or "Philip Jones" instrumentation. This is a special instrumentation adopted and perfected by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. It consists of the forces 414.01, and often includes Percussion and/or Tympani. In addition, there are often doublings in the Trumpet section - Piccolo and Flugelhorn being the most common. While this instrumentation has come to be common, it is still not "Standard" as many Brass Dectets use very different forces, most often with more Horns than PJBE.

String Instrumentation Codes

Following many of the titles in our String Ensemble catalog, you will see a set of four numbers enclosed in square brackets, as in this example:

Description Price
Atwell
Vance's Dance [0220]
Item: 32599		 $8.95

These numbers tell you how many of each instrument are in the ensemble. The first number stands for Violin, the second for Viola, the third for Cello, and the fourth for Double Bass. Thus, this string quartet is for 2 Violas and 2 Cellos, rather than the usual 2110. Titles with no bracketed numbers are assumed to use "Standard Instrumentation." The following is considered to be Standard Instrumentation:

Orchestra & Band Instrumentation Codes

Following some titles in our Orchestra & Band catalogs, you will see a numeric code enclosed in square brackets, as in these examples:

  Order Qty Description Price
Beethoven
Symphony No 1 in C, op 21
[2,2,2,2-2,2,0,0, tymp, 44322] 		$150.00
Jones
Wind Band Overture
[2+1,1,3+ac+bc,2,SATB-2+2,4,3+1,1, tymp, percussion, double bass] 		$85.00
MacKenzie
Hines Pond Fantasy (DePaolo)
[2d1+1,1,2+1,1-2,2(+2),3,0, perc, tymp, 44322, Eb clarinet, SAATB saxes, trombone solo] 		$75.00

The bracketed numbers tell you the precise instrumentation of the ensemble. The system used above is standard in the orchestra music field. The first set of numbers (before the dash) represent the Woodwinds. The set of numbers after the dash represent the Brass. Percussion is abbreviated following the brass. Strings are represented with a series of five digits representing the quantity of each part (first violin, second violin, viola, cello, bass). Other Required and Solo parts follow the strings:

Woodwinds—Brass,   Percussion,   Strings,   Other

Principal auxilary instruments (piccolo, english horn, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, wagner tuba, cornet & euphonium) are linked to their respective instruments with either a "d" if the same player doubles the auxiliary instrument, or a "+" if an extra player is required. Instruments shown in parenthesis are optional and may be omitted.

Example 1 - Beethoven:

[2,2,2,2-2,2,0,0, tymp, 44322]

The Beethoven example is typical of much Classical and early Romantic fare. In this case, the winds are all doubled (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets and 2 bassoons), and there are two each horns and trumpets. There is no low brass. There is tympani. Strings are a standard 44322 configuration (4 first violin, 4 second violin, 3 viola, 2 cello, 2 bass). Sometimes strings are simply listed as "str," which means 44322 strings.

Example 2 - Jones: (concert band/wind ensemble example)

[2+1,1,3+ac+bc,2,SAATB-2+2,4,3+1,1, tymp, percussion, double bass]

The second example is common for a concert band or wind ensemble piece. This ficticious work is for 2 flutes (plus piccolo), 1 oboe, 3 clarinets plus alto and bass clarinets, 2 bassoons, 5 saxes (soprano, 2 altos, tenor & bari), 2 trumpets (plus 2 cornets), 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba, tympani, percussion and double bass. Note the inclusion of the saxes after bassoon for this band work. Note also that the separate euphonium part is attached to trombone with a plus sign. For orchestral music, saxes are at the end (see Saxophones below. It is highly typical of band sets to have multiple copies of parts, especially flute, clarinet, sax, trumpet, trombone & percussion. Multiples, if any, are not shown in this system. The numbers represent only distinct parts, not the number of copies of a part.

Example 3 - MacKenzie: (a fictional work, by the way).

[2d1+1,1,2+1,1-2,2(+2),3,0, perc, tymp, 66432, Eb clarinet, SAATB saxes, trombone solo]

In the third example, we have a rather extreme use of the system. It is an orchestral work for piccolo, 2 flutes (1 of whom doubles on piccolo), 1 oboe, 2 clarinets plus an additional bass clarinet, 1 bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets (plus an optional 2 cornets), 3 trombones, no tuba, percussion, tympani, 6 first violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double basses, Eb clarinet (as an additional chair, not doubled), 5 saxes (soprano, 2 alto, tenor & baritone) & a trombone soloist.

Note: This system lists Horn before Trumpet. This is standard orchestral nomenclature. Unless otherwise noted, we will use this system for both orchestra and band works (in most band scores, Trumpet precedes Horn, and sometimes Oboe & Bassoon follow Clarinet). Also, it should be noted that Euphonium can be doubled by either Trombone or Tuba. Typically, orchestra scores have the tuba linked to euphonium, but it does happen where Trombone is the principal instead.

Saxophones, when included in orchestral music (they rarely are) will be shown in the "other instrument" location after strings and before the soloist, if any. However for band music, they are commonly present and therefore will be indicated after bassoon as something similar to "SAATB" where S=soprano, A=alto, T=tenor and B=baritone. Letters that are duplicated (as in A in this example) indicate multiple parts.

And finally, here is one more way to visualize the above code sequence: