I think Best Buy would do well in selling musical instruments. My only concern would be finding someone in that store qualified enough to sell the products Best Buy would be benefiting from large bulk orders and cost per unit would be reasonable.., and their return would be quite good. Again.., problem is finding qualified sales staff in these stores.

Hopefully the same guy that sells you a 46 inch flat screen with the audio system isn't the same guy trying to sell you a Yamaha Motif XS6. Or finding the guy helping you in the music department just sold a washer and dryer combo to the couple he met before you

I talked to one of the managers not too long ago at our local Best Buy. He was very excited about the possibility of selling top end musical instruments. When I asked him how will you go about getting sales reps qualifed enough to sell a state of the art synth/workstation who knew not only how to play, but operate these things his attitude changed a bit. I told him you're going to have a hard time finding someone qualified enough to sell and operate these things.., and then run into real problems if you expect that qualified person to step outside of the music section and sell a washer and dryer....

Hopefully they'll employ real musicians if they expand to this area in their stores.