How to become a professional piano tuner

Here is the link to the Piano Technician Academy:

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Also, if you are hesitant about making such a big decision, here is an awesome video I watched that explains my thoughts exactly when dealing with making a big job decisions like this.

It's called "why you'll waste the next 3 years of your life" (I literally just stumbled on this video in my Youtube Home page haha)

And I know some of you may be skeptical,

like, "come on, not another YouTuber selling a course."

and hey, I actually completely get it (though this isn't even my certification program)

I'm normally the first guy in the room to say:
"you don't need a stupid course"
"Everything you need is on YouTube"
"all of this information is on google"

normally...

but this is one of the rare circumstances where I believe a certification program is the way to go...

...there is an old saying that goes

"if you put 10 piano tuners in a room and ask them how to tune a piano, you'll get 10 different answers, and everyone will be arguing that theirs is the only way."
(this goes for repairs as well)

because of this, the tiny bit of info out there is nearly always contradicting itself...

so how do you know who to trust?

Trust the experts...
The Piano Technician Academy have EXPERT trainers (literally world-class)
They. KNOW. their. stuff.

Sure, you can take the long way and try learning yourself from the spotty info on reddit, but most people that try it have 3 months of no progress, end up frustrated, and finally quit.
(or they give in and sign up for the piano technician academy like I ultimately did haha)

Oh, and if you can afford it, go to the other school I mentioned (North Bennet Street School)

I don't get ANY benefit for recommending the school... they're just great (expensive, but great :)

Here's some more of my videos:

"how much I made as an 18 year old piano tuner"

[trentwilliams]

The piano Technicians academy is an EXCELLENT resource. I completed it a couple years ago. I'm only 17 and I have been tuning for a couple years now. I would recommend it to anyone interested in Piano Tuning and Repair. They also just recently updated their course to make it even better from when I took it. I look forward to purchasing the upgrade and giving it a look!

[timbushong]

I'm 63, been tuning since 1986, and there's nothing like actually *tuning* 300-400 pianos for the skill; to get proficiently good at the trade. Repairs can be a royal pain, but this is a great way to make even supplemental income. I think I'm getting tired of tuning at this point, but we definitely need more of us.

[jacksonsdrones]

I stumbled on this video cause I watch your shorts (btw I really enjoy them) and this really got my attention. Thanks for making this video! I’ll definitely be thinking about it!

[charlottethomas]

What an inspiration ! My name is Charlotte, I'm from France and I've been playing the piano since I was a child. I've been watching your videos recently and find them fascinating. It really makes me want to train to tune or repair pianos. Thanks for the videos! 🤗

[Quince]

The faculty of music I graduated from has a piano technician training program. With hundreds of pianos in the building it’s really enlightened self interest to train more techs

[insidiosity]

I'm a 22 yr old university dropout and I really need to find something to do before my parents start getting irritated from me playing Valorant all day 💀 I'm not sure how the tuning business is here in the UK, and even though I've been playing piano for 15 years I have no clue what goes on inside one BUT I shall do some research and at least try to learn. Thanks for the video bro! I know it won't get you views but personally I'd love to see more educational content :D

[MrJahvah]

My experience has been VERY different when it comes to other piano tuners. I'm located in Central Michigan, and associated with the PTG. (Not a member yet, but am aiming at it) None of the technicians I am familiar with will give out any business or recommendations unless they are satisfied that you are not going to tarnish their good name with sub par quality. (there is a LOT of that here and in Eastern/Southern Michigan) Usually that means that if you haven't passed the PTG aural tuning exam, you don't get any business from them. My tunings using the TuneLab app are as pristine as can be hoped for with the machine, but hopefully I'll be taking and passing the aural exam sometime this year.

[Femmie]

You are an amazing guy! Like for real ... the way you talk, what you share and why tells so much about your personality in the best way possible! You are a rare kind and the world needs more people like you. You pick passion over money 👌 one of my worries about the world is this: dissappearing craftmanships and fine art work. Dont get me wrong, I worry more about wars and wrong empowered people who don't care for starving humans or animals going extinct. But this is also something precious. You are a great guy for sharing this into detail. You learn and develop not just in your work, but as a person in a way most people seem to walk away from. You are smart and and caring. I can only imagine how darn proud your parents must be of who you are and who you are becoming. ❤

[SammyBoe]

If you want to learn to tune pianos but are unsure if you want to do it full-time and spend the money on the Piano Technician Academy's course, I would check out Howard piano on YouTube. He has a whole heap of videos on piano tuning and repair on his channel.

[thehotone]

lol. That is a lot of money when I started at $2.00 per hour in 1975.
Great for you!
I have a 1956 Baldwin acrosonic spinet of bought site unseen from eBay for $99.00. My piano tuner told me it’s in excellent condition and was worth $1, 800.00. Yes I know I’ll never get that but fun to know. 👍🏻

[michaelangelo]

Hey just wanted to share this, but came across your videos and they're GREAT! I've tuned my Wurlitzer Upright Piano a couple of times on my own! The experience was cool since I never knew that tuning a piano was extensive and required a lot of patience. And I bought a kit off of Amazon and it did the job, but I'm currently looking at another kit I want to buy.

Watching your videos inspired me to fix up my piano! Currently I have an issue where my Damper spring is gone, but I was doing research and I disassembled my piano to where I can see the issue! I will fix it soon but I just wanted to share my inspiration from watching your videos. Wish me luck on the repair!

[nyima]

yoooo I hope you see this I‘m 23 and I just moved to Spain (valencia) to do a circus school, we have a old-out-of-tune piano here that no one touched for ar least 4 years. I have a good ear and confidence and I just thought why not try to tune it and bought some gear online and I will start this week so I would loooove to have an in - depth video where you explain how to avoid biggest mistakes and talks about different scenarios!!

And thanks so much for your video. Great to know all this! Honestly you may financed my whole year of circus school with this info!! I‘m defintely gonna start. i Love piano and mécanics and taking care of old things <3 so yeah a little video would be super cool <3

[adamzimmerman]

Fantastic video I’ve been searching for days and just landed on your site. I shall search no more.
I’m definitely going to take the online courses you recommended you’re a very impressive young man continued success, my friend and thank you so much for these videos

[KandiKlover]

This is really tempting to me just for the philanthropy. I’m in a small out of the way town and the nearest city with tuners is 100 miles away so there’s no way anyone could afford to hire on just the mileage alone. It’d be nice to be able to tune and revoice all the churches and the one little college just so everyone can have a proper sounding and playing instrument. Would also open up finally being able to get an upright for myself since I would be able to take care of it.

[analogemma]

8:04 oh wait, that's me! lol. Booked almost 2 months out now at 2/3 clients a day, though with a 4 day work week ;). I post videos on the vintage electric pianos I repair on my channel here if you're interested!

[Maxc]

I always loved these videos, but I really never thought about trying it myself until this video, and I actually kind of really want to now, so thanks!

[coconacks]

Thank you for this. I've been teetering on PTA and just have been self-learning with Pianos Inside Out. It's been a slow and slightly difficult progression. Your advice has helped me move forward with PTA in my education.

[Tomiepsirverh]

You are really good at explaining things.. I'm a bit of a pianist myself, this makes me also want to become a piano technician.

[Wansukii]

Really great video! Proud of how far you’ve come!

[lizak]

Inspiring! Thank you for doing this video. I've already shared this with two musical darlings in my extended family. Blessings to you!