Ordering, Shipping and Returns

Ordering Harp Print Music | Shipping and Returns

Shipping & Returns of our Harp Print Music, Sheet Music for Harp, and Accessories. See our Home Page for a multitude of category choices for Harp Music and Harp Accessories.

We have a reputation for fast, friendly service, and we work hard to keep it! We will ship on the same day we receive your order or the next business day for in-stock items. Online (web site) orders are processed during regular business hours (see below).

Order Harp Print Music by Phone

Although 95% of our business is online, sometimes you just need to call and find out about music. We’re happy to help you out.  We have three employees, so if the phone rings a few times, or if it goes to call notes, you may have to leave a message.  Please have your credit card number ready, even if you have ordered from us previously. We do not keep that information in our computers for reasons of security. It’s also a big help to us if you have the part numbers of the items you are ordering. 281-890-4500

Order Harp Print Music By Mail

On a piece of paper, please include part numbers and payment by check written in US funds drawn from a US bank. Texas residents add 8.25% sales tax. Mail to:

Melody’s Traditional Music
21626 Gentry Rd
Cypress, TX 77429

Don’t forget your address, zip, and phone number!

Ordering Online
Our web site provides you with an “electronic shopping cart” for your ordering convenience. As you browse through our store, add items to your cart by clicking  Add to Cart. When you are finished adding items to your cart, click the Checkout button You then provide your customer information, delivery information, and payment information. After you confirm your order, it will then be transmitted to us. We use highly secure order processing to ensure the privacy of the information you submit.

Payment Methods
We use STRIPE for credit card processing, and we also use PayPal. We are working on other forms of payment for those who don’t have a credit card. Thanks for your patience in this process. Melody’s accepts PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express, as well as money orders and personal checks in US funds drawn on a US bank. We are not able to provide customers with financing or similar payment plans.  We are working on providing other forms of payment such as Zelle and Venmo.  Thank you for your patience with us on that.

Please note that our 2009 printed catalog was the last printed catalog that we produced.  Our web site now serves as our catalog.  We realize that you can’t take our web site to bed and page through it, but it does save trees in the environment and it keeps Mary sane.

Shipping
Shipping rates on phone and mail orders are based on the total weight of your order as displayed on the shipping section of the checkout process.

If you order online, you are given several choices on shipping from media mail to UPS. Please remember that media mail, which is the most economical, is restricted to Books, CDs, Tapes, and other printed material.

If no shipping charge is displayed, you will be contacted with the charge based on item, destination, and service options.

Shipping Method: We usually ship via Media Mail, as most of our orders are for books. First Class Mail or Priority Mail are used depending on the weight or your request. If your package is fairly heavy or has sufficient value, we use UPS. Heavier items may be sent via freight carrier. We select the shipping method that is the most reliable for the lowest cost. We must have your street address or RR# to ship UPS, not a post office box number.

Need it Fast? We can ship your order to you via Overnight, 2-Day, or 3-Day delivery for an extra charge. Our preferred methods for overnight shipping are UPS and USPS. We ask that you place your overnight order prior to 11 AM or earlier, giving us enough time to pack it properly.

International Orders: If this is an international order (outside the Continental USA) you are given the choice of First Class International, Priority International, and Express Mail International. Please note that First Class Mail International is not trackable or traceable. If you wish your shipment to be insured, please let us know in the “Comments” for your order and we will get back to you with an updated total as soon as possible via the e-mail address provided to us. On web orders, International Shipping Rates are an estimate only and subject to correction. If there is a discrepancy between the quoted shipping and actual shipping charge, you will be contacted.

Back Orders
In the event that we are out of stock on a particular item, we will put that item on backorder and mail it to you just as soon as we get more in stock. Depending on the item, this may take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. We will not charge your credit card for the back-ordered item until it actually ships. Please be aware that the customer is responsible for additional shipping charges on all backorders. If you are ordering by mail and do NOT want us to backorder, please indicate this on your order form.

Returns and Exchanges
If you are not satisfied with an item, you may return the item within 30 days of your purchase in new condition. We will gladly exchange the item for another, or issue you a refund, based on the purchase price of the item returned. You are responsible for return postage and for packing so that it returns to us in new condition.  Damaged returns because of poor packaging will be returned to you and we will not credit your account for them. Opened CDs, videos or DVDs will only be accepted on return if found to be defective.  Due to the copyright nature of recorded and printed media, Melody’s reserves the right to limit the number of returns from an individual.  If in doubt, call for authorization.  We do not condone the practice of ordering something, making a copy, and returning the original for a refund, as we represent many artists who make their living by selling their products.

Downloadable Product Information

Here at Melody’s we offer a wide array of music books and accessories.  In the music book category, you may have a choice between PDFs (or MP3s) and paper books. If there is a choice, you are required to click either the paper version or PDF version before you can put an item into your cart. There should be no shipping charge for download music.  If there are physical products in your cart at the same time, your total will reflect shipping for those physical items.

Products that are download only will have a narrow blue banner toward the top of the description.   Products that are only available as physical/paper will not have a choice for you to make in order to add to your cart, nor will they have the narrow blue banner signifying download only.

After you check out, you are directed back to your receipt where you can download your music. Also, you will receive an email thanking you for your order with links that will take you to your downloads. Please add melodytradmusic@gmail.com to your approved e-mail list. If you do not receive an e-mail within a few minutes after you place your order, check your spam folder.

If you created an account with us, you can also find your downloads by going to “My Account” and clicking on the “Downloads” link.  We highly recommend that you create an account so that you can refer to your order history whenever you want.

Depending on your computer settings, when you click on your download link, 1 –  it may open automatically, 2 – it may go into your “downloads” folder, or 3 – your computer may prompt you to “save as”. 

If you have a problem with your downloads, please contact us at MelodyTradMusic@gmail.com  for assistance. Because our website contains so many titles, on occasion we have overlooked uploading a PDF here or there.  When you notify us of this, we make the correction immediately.  Please note that downloads are not “returnable.”

PDF DOWNLOADS

Depending on your computer settings, when you click on your download link, 1 –  it may open automatically, 2 – it may go into your “downloads” folder, or 3 – your computer may prompt you to “save as”.  If you can’t find your PDF, look in your “downloads” folder first.  The title of the PDF may not match the title of the book, so you may want to change the title to what you will remember. After you have located your download, please either remember that it is in your “downloads” folder, or better yet, move it to another folder on your computer with a name that you will remember.

Your respect of the copyright laws will help support the musicians and arrangers who created this music, and will encourage more harp music to be produced in the future. Please do not make multiple copies to pass on to others. You can help keep downloadable harp music viable and available by encouraging your students, friends, and relatives to purchase their own copies. Thank you for your assistance in this endeavor.

mp3 DOWNLOADS

On our website, folkharp.com, we offer a wide selection of paper and download music. We were always in a quandary about publications having several parts, or that include sound files. After realizing that we can place multiple files into one folder and “zip” it up, we are now able to offer book + cd options.

What we do: sound files and the PDF book are placed into a folder and zipped. The zipped folder is inserted into the product on the back end of the web site.

What you receive: after you purchase, you receive a zipped folder. This is a folder that literally has a picture of a zipper on it, indicating there is more than one document in the folder.

What you do with it: Generally by double clicking on the folder, it automatically opens up. The challenge lies in whether or not you have a program that unzips these folders. If you do, it is as simple as double clicking and the contents are revealed. Alternately, you can right click on the folder, which brings up choices, one of which is “open with” – you then click on your unzip program.

If you don’t have a program to unzip your files you’ll have a challenge! Recently I bought a small laptop for my zoom lessons. This laptop did not come with winzip, or any other kind of program that unzips these folders. The computer kept wanting me to purchase winzip for $29.  I found another program that does a great job, and it is free. 7-zip unzips all my compressed (zipped) folders! It is open source and you can find out more here:https://www.7-zip.org/

We hope all this information is helpful to you.

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