How to become a professional piano tuner
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- Here is the link to the Piano Technician Academy:
www.pianotechnicianacademy.com/
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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 TH-cam Home page haha)
• Why You’ll WASTE The N...
And I know some of you may be skeptical,
like, "come on, not another TH-camr 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 TH-cam"
"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)
nbss.edu/
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"
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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!
The upgraded course is definitely worth it as I had taken the original course a year and a half ago. It is definitely more in depth with more materials.
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!
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. 👍🏻
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! 🤗
I'm Mauricio, I'm from Mexico and I'm like you Charlotte, I've been playing since I was a Child but in digital pianos. I bought my first acoustic piano 2 months ago wich has been my dream since many years and I'm fascinated with Josiah's videos
Also it makes me want to be a tuner and to know deeply beyond hiting the keys of the keyboard.
Bonjour Charlotte, si ça t'intéresse autant, pourquoi ne pas réaliser un stage d'observation dans un atelier/magasin, et éventuellement candidater à une école d'accordeur en France ?
Je suis élève à l'ITEMM donc je pourrai t'en renseigner davantage
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.
Hello fellow Michigander :)
Yes, you do have to prove yourself to other technicians to reassure them that you aren't going to tarnish their reputation (and hey, I don't blame them... I would do the exact same thing If I were in their shoes.)
I had a similar situation when I started... I just asked them to review my work and see If I was doing good. (you don't have to phrase this as a business opportunity to "have some of the clients that they don't want" yet. just build a relationship first) from there, if they say you need some work, go get some training. If they say you're doing well then maybe bring the "opportunity" up a week later.
The Piano Technician academy was designed to help you get your Piano Technician Guild (PTG) certification. Aural Tuning, Splicing string, re-pinning hammers, regulation, etc are all covered in the Piano Technician Academy.
@@PianoDoctor I've looked into the PTA. I could definitely use specific regulation training. Everything I have is on job training fixing issues as they present. (They don't always present when my instructor is with me.) May actually do it after we do CMU and MSU in August. (helping at MSU is a new opportunity for me this year) I've been working w my instructor and his family for the past 4 or 5 years now. Because of this, my name is getting out there and I'm growing, just not nearly as fast as you are portraying. I have a lot to prove to live up to their name.
I have also been learning certain things from watching your videos. That and posts I find in Facebook groups. I'll send the link to Mark and get his feed back and then I pretty much got it, so I'm definitely on the right track, just gotta figure out how to get busier.
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
Do it! I believe in you.
Go for it! I belive in you too
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!
Inspiring! Thank you for doing this video. I've already shared this with two musical darlings in my extended family. Blessings to you!
Really great video! Proud of how far you’ve come!
Well thanks buddy
appreciate it Doctor, love your works, keep it up :)
Thanks a lot for the info, kid. This is exactly what I need at the exact right time.
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
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. ❤
perfect timing thank you
This is very useful thank you 😊
I am part of a family of what could've been four generations of piano tuners. I had received training for tuning, and often dreamed of going out on my own to become a self-employed piano technician. However, I am not mechanically inclined, so the repair side of the work felt intimidating to me, so I didn't pursue it as a full-time career. I have a bit of tuning experience under my belt and still do tune occasionally but am terrified at the thought of a string breaking during tuning or what to do about sticky or broken keys. This video gives me some hope though that maybe I'm looking at it wrong and that I could learn the repair aspects of it. I would love to tune full time and would definitely do it if I could only gain the confidence in myself to be a great tuner who could be counted on for repairs as well.
So you don't repair, you only tune the strings?
Correct, but I'm not a real tuner in the sense that I'm not out there tuning pianos as a job. It isn't my career and I'm not currently doing any piano work. I learned how to tune 20 years ago and have tuned many pianos, but, never got into the repair side of it. Today I only tune for family once in a great while. When I do, give a disclaimer that if a string breaks during tuning they have to call a real piano tech to replace it. 😆
@@SteveOostdyk Oh I see. Thats good that you have that disclaimer and to be clearly since the beginning. Well, and have you broke a string tuning pianos?
@@mcervantes I have broken several strings. At the time I had an RPT to refer them to to fix it. But one time I broke a string and actually did replace it myself. Rather uncomfortable doing it though, haha.
@@SteveOostdyk Nice story haha but why was that uncomfortable? You did it yourself, you fixed
Great video! I've never been interested in piano tuning until seeing some of your videos. Hope I can learn basic tuning to fix some of the pianos lying around in my school that are super out-of-tune.
Also a question - At what point is a piano not worth saving? Maybe some strings are broken or some hammers are missing? Thanks!
I'm commenting here just because its the latest video.
love your content, but would love to see you play more when testing the pianos and also see more videos not just shorts.
Congratulation whit your job. I hope you have a good life :-) :-)
Amazing inspiration
Good video
I actually apprentice with one of the top tuners in the nation and he does classes and teaches a lot for the technicians guild
Hi, great videos.
I'm wondering if you can tell me something about Petrof upright piano, like the P125 . Thanks
I've have been interested in this career for a while (really ever since you started posting your shorts here on TH-cam). I am a mid to high level pianist, and I would love to work a job this strongly correlated with music. Preferably I would go into performance, but I see no way for that to be sustainable enough for what I will likely need. I would like to get married and have a family some day, and be able to provide for them as completely as I can.
You said people can make 100k tuning pianos like you do. I've talked a lot about career stuff with my parents, and there are some concerns with this. Yes 100k is a lot, but inflation is going crazy lately and I'm not sure that will be enough in the long term. Another issue we've come to is that this is likely a pretty stable job (which can be good or bad). For the bad, that means I can't really 'work my way up the ranks' and increase my income over time. I will likely plateau, and depending non where that happens, it will be fine or not.
So my question is: how accurate is this 100k figure you're giving me? Is it what is made on average? Is it what is made at max? It is what can easily be made? How much do you think is possible to work up to over the years doing this full time? (I understand region may vary this answer; I live in central Florida)
Good to see you comment! I keep seeing your comments on my shorts... you always have some of the top-liked comments haha!
as far as inflation goes...
yes, I strongly believe inflation will really ramp up over the next 10 years or so. We're already seeing so many things get more and more expensive.
The nice part about owning your own business is that YOU control your prices (not your boss) so if the price of everything is inflated... you raise your prices along with it.
for "not being able to work your way up the ranks"
There is plenty of opportunity to become a great technician and work up the ranks... maybe not as much as a typical corporate ladder, but some of the best technicians do concert work and get paid VERY handsomely. (Some even get to travel around with the artist to concerts
I sourced "$100K" from the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) who say:
Average full time piano technician salary = $80k - $150k a year
It's definitely possible to make 100k and more. sometimes it takes a few years... other times, people are booked out a month in advance as soon as they announce that they are tuning pianos and they start making that much in their first year.
Like you mentioned, it varies per location.
Here's a good way to look at it...
It WILL be worth it. Even if you just spend 2-3 hours a day tuning a single piano as a part time job... that's an extra $130-$250 a day in your pocket!
Especially with A.I., robots, and computers taking over everyones jobs it's always good to have a technical skill to fall back on. (A.I. won't be tuning pianos any time soon)
Thank you so Much!!
May the LORD Bless you and keep you as you serve and Glorify Him!
My tuning mentor took the PTA’s course starting out and did not like it, she did not recommend I take it, and told me to go to either the Butler School or Randy Potter School if I’m looking for remote classes, as they have been around much longer. She said their classes are too basic and she had a hard time getting ahold of the teachers for questions. Another tuner who is the most qualified in my area also recommended those two. Although he did compliment their aprons.
I'm sorry your mentor didn't like the Piano Technician Academy...
The PTA rebuilds their course every few years, and they recently made a HUGE update and remade all of their educational material to address concerns like this. The new course was launched the day of writing this (and the day that this video was published.) I've had a chance to check it out and it is TOP NOTCH.
The owner spent tens of thousands of dollars on hiring the best instructors, editors, lighting guys, education professionals etc.
as far as the other schools go, I cannot vouch for the Butler school of piano technology as I haven't had experience with the school, but I can say the Randy Potter school is no longer running... (not sure why or when, but they just shut down over night)
EDIT: check the top comment
I second the Butler School recommendation as a current blind student.
@@PianoDoctor I appreciate your reply. Obviously I don’t have first hand experience, just what people have told me. I don’t know how long ago she took PTA but I understand how much things can change over the course of a few years.
Do you know when the Randy Potter school shut down? Their website is still running.
@sambennett9769 Although the website is still up, the Randy Potter school is definitely a no-go. They've had many complaints to the Better Business Bureau in recent years, giving them a "F" rating. Not sure what's going on there.
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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.
Excellent informative video! I would imagine with 500k + TH-cam subscribers you make more from TH-cam than piano tuning..lol But that is awesome having the luxury of making your own schedule doing something you enjoy! I've been thinking about doing something like this... thank you for the inspiration!
Since he does almost exclusively shorts, he actually doesn’t earn much from TH-cam
Because this video is significantly longer than most of your videos, I don't expect it to get very many views. Generally, it's a lot easier for people to watch a 1 minute video of something that barely interests them than it is to watch a 20 minute video about the same thing, so only the people who are genuinely interested in piano tuning will watch this video, sadly.
This video is REALLY well done though, and it deserves more views than it will end up getting. It's not just some random piano expert giving a monologue; it was clearly well planned, organized, and presented. The animations and transitions are done so well in this video, that I would have thought you were a professional streamer or TH-camr or something, not a piano tuner!
I don't think views is the point of this video. I think it does exactly what its trying to very well. If people want to know this information, they'll find themselves here.
I’m a 30 yr old door dasher and am really considering switching to this career preciate u bro
Oh my gosh!!! 18:05 !! I see my teacher! 😂 That is SO COOL 🤩 He's such a fun guy
Have you done any research into hybrid pianos? because apparently in New Zealand (which is where I live) there is only one tuner that can tune the Steinway and Sons hybrid pianos? also thanks so much for your youtube channel it has been a inspiration for me and countless others. the best side of YT
hmm... I haven't done any research into those. they aren't very popular here in the states as far as I know. It sounds like a cool opportunity though!
I always wanted to go into a tech profession but this seems like a good part time job to do both. Do you know if it’s possible to do them both part time?
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!
Thoughts on the randy potter home course vs. the pta?
As someone who can't see perhaps I can try to tune it to 440 then deside how to stretch the tuning by ear. Of cors this will take a lot of practice. Yes I know this will not be easy, however I should at least try. Only thingI need is a device that will help me make sure it's at 440 🎹🎶
There’s an app called the Montal Tuner specifically made for blind piano technicians. It’s a bit pricey at around $150, but I’ve been using myself and it’s completely accessible with screen readers, at least for IOS.
What is the average upfront cost of tools and materials one would need to get started?
Hello Josiah, I love your videos and am so grateful for your work as I am very interested in being a tuner myself. I am 17 and not sure what to do as a career path. This seems to be a great opportunity with low stress and low cost of entry (especially considering the cost of college). Also, I love playing piano :) .
I have a question, how do apprenticeships work and how can I get an apprenticeship?
Thank you so much!
apprentice ships can be tough to find (and some mentors can charge a lot) . Generally the best way to find someone is to pick up the phone and call piano tuners near you... you just have to hope that one of them are willing to teach you.
Most of the time, to get an apprenticeship, the mentor likes you to have a basic understanding of how to tune and do repairs. the piano technician academy is a great place to get all of the basics mastered, then you can pursue a mentorship for rare/odd repairs.
hey, do you know if there is competition in France. Thanks a lot for your video :)
I'd love to say I have an answer, but I'm not sure... I would call some piano tuners in your area and ask them how busy they are.
En France tu doit avoir un diplôme d'état pour pouvoir proposer tes services dans la légalité
@@pr_zekice3186 ahhhh trop nul
@@rousselnathan8262 ouai malheureusement, si jamais c'est u' CAP en deux ans minimum
Who knew piano tuning could be so lucrative!
What piano tying app do you use
Pinao tunning is definitely one of my bucket list of instruments to repair and tune, but what happened when a sting breaks like how do i get replacement strings?
Hi! great question.
If you start tuning pianos, it's inevitable that you'll break a string eventually. The piano technician academy teaches you everything you need to get started as a "technician" (someone who can do all of the basic repairs and replace strings)
In order to replace it, you'll either have to order replacements from a supply house, splice the string, or use spare wire to create a new one. Hope that helps!
bro ive been waiting for this video for so long lmao
Yessir 🎉
I started tuning over 2 years ago and have been tuning pianos every once in a while. I don't know how to repair them, which really limits my potential customer base, and since I'm not a "professional" I don't charge as much as the average tuner. I'm still in high school, so I don't have a ton of time, which is why I don't tune full-time. The other reason I don't tune full-time is that I'm living in Brazil, a country where very few people own pianos.
Anyway, I bought a basic tuning kit which includes a tuning hammer, felt strips and various wedges. Are there any tools you recommend that I buy? Also, when I tune, I usually take between 2 - 3 hours. Any tips on reducing that time?
Hey John, My best piece of advice is on buying tools is to purchase the tool when you NEED it. It's really easy to be overwhelmed with the amount of tools out there, and get discouraged because it costs so much to buy all of them.
eventually, I would get a good set of "regulation" tools from either
1. the Piano Technician Academy (they have pre-built kits),
2. Schaff piano supply
3. a retired piano technician who is selling their tool kit on eBay.
(as a general rule, don't buy anything on eBay (unless it's used by a previous technician) or amazon, etc. generally these are cheap knock offs)
as far as getting your time faster, It just takes a ton of practice and muscle memory. Tune 100-200 pianos, and you should have your time down to 2 hours or less.
@@PianoDoctor Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it.
What's the app do you use for tuning?
I've been watching your videos and I am looking for career change. I have a manual labor job and its rough on my body and hands. I was wondering if you could speak about the physical side of your work to help me decide if my hands are up to the task. Thanks for the videos.
I would love to be a piano tuner
You mentioned in one of your shorts that you had a mentor. Is this feasible for a complete noobie? I want to shadow a piano tech but being a complete novice I doubt anyone would be interested in that, there would have to be some prior knowledge going in I guess. That would be my ideal way to learn, just watch a master and learn from them.
And I like these longer videos, keep ‘em coming
@PianoDoctor same for me
good question!
I did have a "mentor" (I basically watched him work in his shop and he let me go to a couple jobs every once in a while)
Getting a mentor is VERY difficult. Most of them are too busy, or they want you to have the basics mastered before coming to them (to save time).
What I recommend to people that have questions like this is to combine both the piano technician academy and getting a mentor. (if you can afford both... often, personal mentorship can be quite expensive!)
This method will allow you to master the basics through the PTA and then you will be more likely to find a mentor.
of course, if you are completely set on getting a mentor, the best way to find one is to pick of the phone and cold call some piano tuners in your area and hope that they are willing to teach you
Speaking of mentors...
The PTA has a way to contact instructors via phone and email if you ever get stuck or need help with a section.
Best of luck!
I'm disabled with a lot of time on my hands and i was looking to start this as a fun hobby since we have a very out of tune standing piano. Im not able to function consistently though which hinders typical jobs. Would this be something feasible for me?
Hmm... tough Question. Since I don't know you well enough, it's hard to give a definite answer. I would talk to some local technicians for a few minutes and see what they say. Best of luck!
Just got min late 80s kawai tuned last week..i put my phone piano tuner yo it and looks like only middle keys are spot on but lower and higher key are not perfect.is thus normal? Tuner spent 1.5hrs and kawai is dead mint.🤷♂️
I know you said that there are definentally enough pianos to tune, but I live in a baby town with only a population of only 10,000 people and am still slightly worried that there wouldn't be enough pianos to tune. Also I am only a Junior in High school and was wondering if there is another way to learn piano tuning without the course?
I watched this video and got kind of excited about the prospect of tuning pianos. Then I thought of question #4. Do I need to be able to play a piano to be able to tune them? There are a lot of other roadblocks that would need to be overcome to get there, too. Currently, I'm exploring the possibility of starting a Master's degree in addiction counseling at Central Michigan University.
Hello again Hahn!
You don’t have to be able to play, but it is nice to learn a couple songs that way you can play for the customer when you’re finished tuning.
I know a tuner who plays somewhere over the rainbow after every single tuning and his customers have adopted it as their tradition.
I’d hate to take you away from a degree in addiction counseling though! Of course the decision is up to you… just don’t make money your first priority. I’m not saying you are interested in this only for the money, but If you would be learning just for that, you’ll probably get burnt out or bored fast.
@@PianoDoctor Thanks for your reply, Josiah! This is definitely something to thoughtfully ponder. I woudln't be doing it solely for the money. I've always been a person who likes to help people out if they've got a problem This would fit well with that. Somewhere Over the Rainbow is a good choice. It''s beautiful on the piano. I play a version of it on the soprano saxophone. Anyway, I appreciated the depth of your reply. Thank you, again!
My current situation: A year later, business drops off. I learned a lot in the first year, in fact I’m able to do 3 pianos in a day. It may be due to my region, as WV is spread out.
I’m trying to start a business but I’m not sure what are the best ways to promote my services, what advice could you or any one give me?
My first piece of advice is to make sure you’re doing good work. You don’t want to start serving people too early, and then get a bad reputation because the quality isn’t great.
After that, you can try the things I listed in the video like: message family and friends, ask other piano tuners, set up a website and google listing.
A bonus I’ll leave here for you. Is to try running some simple Facebook ads.
I'd just like to tune my own piano, that's all, I don't need the work and at 69 its not practical for me to go back to work, sadly I might not have good enough hearing. however more than that I want to re-tone my piano, its tone too "bright" and I want to make it more softer, but my last tuner said that would cost more than its worth, said something about softening the felt on all the hammers 😞 !!!
My piano is 40 - 80 cents flat
if you can't afford to do the PTA academy, how can you ask someone that's already doing this job to join and learn from them? I mean, they won't say the master's secrets (sorry for my english, I'm italian)
Getting a mentor can be pretty difficult.
On top of that, personal mentorship can be quite expensive because they have to spend 100's of hours teaching you. The beauty of the piano technician academy is that they essentially recorded their training so it takes no time off their hands...
this allows them to spend $100,000 creating the training videos and then sell them for much much cheaper to a large audience.
If you're set on getting a mentor, the best way to find one is to pick up the phone and start cold calling some piano tuners in your area and hope that they are willing to teach you.
Good luck!
How old do you have to be to enroll in the PTA?
I don't think there is a specific age... as long as you are mature, disciplined, and patient any age can learn!
I've heard of some technicians that started training as young as 15 years old
I am a piano
How many piano's do you repair or tune in 1 week?
It really depends. Right now I tune around 10-20 a week, but I also turn down some work so I can spend time on my TH-cam Channel.
I have a really stupid question!!!! I would like to try and tune my piano and do a repair and learn, but I barely play at a grade 2 level. I have some musical theory background... Can you tune a piano if you don't really play?
That's not a stupid question at all!
You can definitely learn how to tune even if you can't play. It is nice if you can learn how to play at least one song so you can play for the customer when you are finished, but it doesn't have to be anything crazy. hope that helps!
@@PianoDoctor Thanks!!! I've definitely started to look into tuning a little more. I'm a stay at home mom, and it would be lovely to try to do something part time where I can set my own hours that's not an MLM... We have a piano at home, and it looks like a good place to start... G4 has something weird going on with it, one of the rods seems loose. I looked into the academy today, and just need to figure out a good schedule to do my course work! Also looking forward to your next video about tuning your own piano when it comes out!
🙌👏👍
This course can be taken from Puerto Rico (Piano Technician Academy)
Do "apprentice work" exist for this trade?
In my country the best music college offers a piano tuner course that lasts two years, maybe something like that exists where you live?
Hey Matthew.
Apprentice work does exist, but it's pretty difficult to find. Most mentors want you to have a basic level of tuning and repair before they'll take you under. (they are either too busy, or don't want to deal with educating someone)
The Piano Technician Academy is a great place to get all of the basics mastered, then you can pursue a mentorship for rare/odd repairs.
here for being able to tune my own piano to save money 💪
2-3 keys of my keyboard are not working. Can we repair it on our own? It's not a piano. It's a Yamaha PSR keyboard
Maybe either the contact rubber or the sensors needd replacing. Just in case it's best to ask the shop you bought it from🎹🎶
@@MERCEDES-BENZS600GUARD_V12 Yeah, thanks!
@@keerthanab07 you're welcome🎹🎶
@@keerthanab07 had mine replaced because of ants. That fixed it, however a few months later ants attacked it again. I use a different digital now. Found it weerd ants attacked my digital after 3 years of age🎹🎶
generally I recommend hiring a professional for things like this because there is always risk when taking on a project yourself, but I totally understand if that isn't doable for financial reasons or if there is just no one in your area.
This feels too good to be true. Is this real?
and how long does it take to learn?
Nah definitely true, I'm 22 and do it fulltime
So cute ❤
Eyeballing the out of tune piano in my living room cause I’ve been waiting 6+ months for the tuner to get here. The shortage is real 😰
Hii! Im 13 years old and im trying to get customers but everyone is declaining me because of my age.
And I even go to music school for 6 years and I play piano very good.
Piano tunners please help!❤
im pretty interested into tuning pianos or repairing them but im 13 and i fail at literally everything
get some practice and when you're more mature in a few years it'll work out
@@colter7300 thanks for the encouragement, but im not really sure about it cuz my family has no history of ever owning pianos and i only played my old neighbour's piano
@@abe_nuhyou don’t need to play piano to learn how to tune it plus there’s always free pianos on Craigslist’s
Hey! thanks for the comment man.
The fact that you're even looking ahead at 13 is such a good sign! You've got time. Start with developing some habits of discipline (do your chores, practice a sport, try your best in each lesson of homework)
I've heard of piano tuners that start learning as young as 14-15...
also, don't be worried about failing. Failing is okay, and I've done it hundreds of times... People only see notice when you succeed and think "man, this guy never messes up"
Famous athletes have messed up SO MANY times, but they keep trying, and that's what makes them great.
Best of luck
@@PianoDoctor thanks dude! im still actually learning a lot with things like patience but i believe that i've got it down fairly well but i might have to start later because where i live, pianos are pretty hard to find and my family has no history whatsoever of owning pianos, so when we used to live with my grandpa around 2020 to around december of 2023, i'd just visit either one of my two neighbours that have pianos. anyways, love your vids and greetings from malaysia! (srry about the bad punctuation lol i have school today and its 6:06 am cuz the education system here makes it so that every student in a school which only has a morning system has to come before 7:30am so uh yea)
OH this was uploaded ten minutes ago. I went looking for comments but it was just a few kids.
How about making a discord community for aspiring piano technicians who watch your videos? I get the feeling that many are young, inexerienced, and could get lots of value from having a community of like-minded people around them
Is there a lot of math involved in understanding how to tune to the right frequencies? If the course is friendly for dumb people like me who only know basic math, I’d be interested. 😅
Hi Daniel!
There is very little math involved... You can dive really deep into that and it gets crazy fast, but you can become a fantastic tuner without ever needing to do math problems.
I would love to have your under armor polo can you please send it to me?
The problem with the piano technician academy is being able to do it hands on. Online might not be enough.
good point to bring up...
If you really wan't hands on training, I recommend North Bennet Street School (they don't pay me anything) They're REALLY expensive, but worth it if you can afford it.
the piano technician academy does a really great job at getting as close to "in-person" training as possible. They go super in depth and walk you through hands on assignments step by step. All you need is a piano to practice on, and you can follow along at home.
of course, it would be nice to fly out a world-class-instructor and have them help you individually, but it's extremely expensive... so that's what the piano technician academy did for you! The owner literally spent $50,000+ hiring instructors, lighting guys, editors, etc. to make it as good as possible.
Anyway, best of Luck!
That's an absolutely awful thing to say to a high school kid. I would hope he would be ashamed but I have my doubts.
why
Can you please provide some more context? I am a greedy junk wanting to understand your comment yet I'm too lazy to watch the whole video.
In any career it’s a gift. No everyone has the gift. But can exceed in other careers. My father did body work he try to teach me I couldn’t get the hang of it. I went in to banking. That’s was my calling. Retired after 30 yrs AVP/Mgr in Operations. Great career!!
Yeah, that's a very sink or swim, uncaring way to say "I don't care about you, kid, I care about your money"
I kind of summarized what he said so it fit in the story. The real conversation was much longer and he was very kind!
I really look up to and respect him! After all, if he never told me that, I might not be doing this today!
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I also wanted to be like you! But considering i'm in the third world country(Indonesia), it is rare to get customer here, not alot of people can buy a piano, and for many reason also, parents in Indonesia more likely to buy their child a keyboard(digital piano), so it is depends in which country you are in
Also for info, Indonesia have the biggest muslim in the world, so, i don't think they interested to play piano😅
Hahaha who wants to become a Piano tuner? Right, right, Nobody!!!!! And professional? This is not a profession