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.
@@CarlitoManchego most piano technician carry a tuning hammer, rubber muted, wide variety of screwdrivers, and all the regulation tools. Some bring strings and other parts in case of broken parts, so they can replace them right then and there. The more tools the better because it means potential for being able to fix all problems can come up during an appointment.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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. 👍🏻
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.
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.
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.
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 UA-cam. He has a whole heap of videos on piano tuning and repair on his channel.
I’ve been thinking about becoming a piano technician for a while now, coming across your videos has inspired me to give it a go! I enrolled in Piano Technician Academy and can’t wait to get started! I didn’t see an area to put your promo code in:/ might have been because they ran a deal where you get a discount when getting the upgraded kit along with the course. Either way I’ll email them and let them know you were the reason why I sign up. Wish me luck, can’t wait to start working and growing my own business. Thanks again!!
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
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
@@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.
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 UA-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.
Hey Josiah! Just a note that I had trouble finding how to comment. The maximize button just filled the screen. I had to click "more" in the description. Great video!
Greetings, my name is Dlan. I’ve been thinking of Piano tuning for a couple months, and today without searching your video just came to me. I’m blind since birth, I do play music since young age, but I started to play piano couple years ago, not professional, but acceptable. If there is a way for me to reach out to you, or any piano tuners if they see my comment, I would really appreciate it. I have some questions to ask about piano tuning. If anyone is close by me, I will be more than happy to meet them, I live in San Diego California. Thank you so much for making this fantastic video, I hope to get a respond from you or any piano tuners soon ✌️❤️
Do you need to know how to play piano to learn to be a piano technician? I've always enjoyed working on guitars despite not being very good at playing. Fixing and maintaining them was the only thing that really kept me in the hobby, so this seems very interesting to me
If it's that out of tune, it usually will take multiple tunings before it'll stay in tune. You do have to be careful however if the strings are rusty that you won't just break a bunch of strings. If the piano is super old and or has rusty strings you may not want to tune it due to the fact of damaging it. Some old rusty pianos aren't worth tuning and repairing, not saying that's you I'm just giving some advice.
@@emojijoyio spinets are usually harder to tune due to them being smaller and made cheaper. They were made as a cheaper and smaller option to other pianos. Also, spinets haven't been manufactured since the 80s so most of them are pretty old. Spinets are hard to learn to tune on but will get you good at tuning difficult pianos which is very helpful
Excellent informative video! I would imagine with 500k + UA-cam subscribers you make more from UA-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!
Thank you for sharing this! Do you wear earplugs when turning piano to protect the longevity of your hearing? My piano tuner has a pair customer made and he wears them when he is tuning the piano.
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.
Thanks for the inspiring video! A quick question for you. If you enrolled on the PTA as, say, a full time job (8 hours a day studying) how long would it take to get to a standard you could actually start tuning / repairing people's pianos semi-decently?
Im just to cautious about it, what if it fails? What if im not good at it? This is definitely a career I would want to pursue I just dont have the financial means for it, or the equipment, the closest thing I got to a piano with an action is an electrical piano
Can’t wait for the next video. Would love to know the basics, as it does sound like a very interesting career but I need to know what’s the best way to have a taster before I invest in it
For the basics I would check out. Howard Piano on UA-cam. He has a lot of videos about tuning, repair and regulation of pianos. Great place to start if you don't really want to invest the money into a piano tuning and repair course yet
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.
Really cool video, thanks for sharing your story and being an inspiration for a new generation of piano technicians :) As someone looking into starting out tuning pianos, what are your concerns with keeping the piano in the garage for tunings / repairs? I can easily find pianos for free in my area and don't have space inside the house for another piano (current one is too nice for me to "try" on). How bad can the piano get if left in the garage for an extended period of time while I use it as my practice piano?
Hi. I have a question. I run a landscaping business that's been very successful for me, but I'm looking for something to fill the time between December and March. Do you think it would be viable to be a piano tuner 3 months out of the year in the winter (obviously with proper training via this program), but only taking either yearly piano tuning jobs or one-time jobs? I would basically be shifting out of the business and unavailable to tune once spring hit as I am very busy as a landscaper.
Hey I really enjoyed your video and as a young person I was really impressed with what you've been able to accomplish at your age. I was hoping to get a little bit of advice though on my set of circumstances. I would love to learn to tune and repair pianos, but I don't really wish to do it as a career or anything like that. I just want it as a hobby that could make me some money every once in a while. With that in mind and since I don't have the money to, I'm not sure the piano academy is an investment I wish to make (at least not right now). Do you have any advice for someone like me to learn and be proficient at piano tuning/repair as a hobby to help friends out and maybe make some money along the way?
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
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!
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
Yes there is several different piano tuning softwares that help piano tuners tune pianos. The best is a combination of using your ear and the tuner software.
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!
My oldest son has perfect pitch and plays many instruments. He started on piano andd favors it, playing it every single day. I am in tears from excitement to show him this... He has been thinking about persuing music as a career, and he wants to find more trades involving music to be able to do throughout his life, no matter what he ends up doing. Wee have done a lot of research, and then i stumbled on this randomly. I don't know how I didn't think of it before! For that, I appreciate this video so much. I cannot thank you enough. I hope you have a beautiful day.
Hi, I appreciate your transparence about tuning pianos. What I don't get is : So I have to open my own company and have stuff like taxes ? If no, customers are not asking for an invoice document ?
What age do you reccomend starting? Because i feel like no one would want to pay me if im young, im almost 16 and thats the minimum age to start working for me but it will make me seem not professional
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 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!
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.
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!❤
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!
I'm about to take the PTA course. I've heard many technicians say it takes several years to become good at this. Do you think it's acceptable to start a business as soon as I complete the course, or do you recommend practicing for a year or so? Michael Stilwell at PTA told me students usually go right into business.
It depends on how comfortable you are, but yes, most students that graduate go straight into business. you can always charge cheaper pricing and raise your rates as you gain experience and speed (that's what I did)
You don't mention this in the video, but I guess it's obvious, you do need to own and acoustic piano, right? I would like to become a piano tuner, but I don't have an acoustic, and I don't know If I ever will, I just don't have the space, not even for an upright. I could learn all of the theory, but where would I practice? I guess I would have to do it for free at first lol, but I don't know how would that go.
Talk to highschool band and choir teachers, there are usually pianos in practice rooms that are never tuned due to cost. Or, what I did was talk to people I knew who had a piano at home that nobody played and had never been tuned. They were happy to let me practice on them. I had a piano at home, but it was high end, in tune, and not one to practice on.
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'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 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!
Sadly, the Randy Potter school is no longer running... (not sure why or when, but they just shut down over night) as of a few months ago, I heard they've been accepting peoples payments but not sending out the course material. The PTA is way more "up to date" and they hire TOP tier instructors that specialize in specific areas of the piano, so they're a no-brainer pick for me which is why I decided to partner with them. EDIT: check the top comment
Get each part good hands separate, then practice playing them together incredibly slow, and do that repetitively. With repetition it'll become more muscle memory, also try to look more at your sheet music and less at your fingers when playing. Idk repetition and patience ig. Focus on one measure at a time. Playing very S L O W when starting to learn a piece. I often have the urge to play quick or up to tempo when learning, but it's really not a good way to start practicing, especially if it's a harder piece. Hope that maybe helps :>
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.
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.
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.
im pretty interested into tuning pianos or repairing them but im 13 and i fail at literally everything edit: holy crap i totally forgot about this comment well uh life update: i failed my maths exam (probably will fail again once i get my mid year exam results) and i almost failed my islamic class (probably will fail this time 😢) oh but i've already tried tuning my first piano and this was at my music lesson class thing, the owner of the store asked me if i wanted to try and tune his piano and i declined cuz i was afraid i might break a string but he said it was ok since his tuner friend was coming in anyways, so then i hesitantly said "well uh- ok???" and i tuned one of his more out of tune strings and didnt snap a string! i guess three years of violin and guitar really paid off lmao
@@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
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)
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!!
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!
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!
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 want to know the contents of a Piano tuners Tool Box
@@CarlitoManchego most piano technician carry a tuning hammer, rubber muted, wide variety of screwdrivers, and all the regulation tools. Some bring strings and other parts in case of broken parts, so they can replace them right then and there. The more tools the better because it means potential for being able to fix all problems can come up during an appointment.
@@CarlitoManchego No bad feeling but I ordered my stuff from Aliexpress. And saved a lot of money.
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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.
I didn't have interest in doing it myself, I just don't want all these old Pianos to be destroyed.
@@sundaybrunch7097 - Fair enough.
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
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
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.
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.
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. 👍🏻
Your tuner does not know what pianos are worth.
Tuner lied to 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
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.
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 UA-cam. He has a whole heap of videos on piano tuning and repair on his channel.
I’ve been thinking about becoming a piano technician for a while now, coming across your videos has inspired me to give it a go! I enrolled in Piano Technician Academy and can’t wait to get started! I didn’t see an area to put your promo code in:/ might have been because they ran a deal where you get a discount when getting the upgraded kit along with the course. Either way I’ll email them and let them know you were the reason why I sign up. Wish me luck, can’t wait to start working and growing my own business. Thanks again!!
awesome! thank you so much for letting me know Corey. best of luck!
@@PianoDoctor thanks!
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
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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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 UA-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 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!
Hey Josiah!
Just a note that I had trouble finding how to comment. The maximize button just filled the screen. I had to click "more" in the description.
Great video!
Greetings, my name is Dlan. I’ve been thinking of Piano tuning for a couple months, and today without searching your video just came to me.
I’m blind since birth, I do play music since young age, but I started to play piano couple years ago, not professional, but acceptable.
If there is a way for me to reach out to you, or any piano tuners if they see my comment, I would really appreciate it. I have some questions to ask about piano tuning.
If anyone is close by me, I will be more than happy to meet them, I live in San Diego California.
Thank you so much for making this fantastic video, I hope to get a respond from you or any piano tuners soon ✌️❤️
Thanks a lot for the info, kid. This is exactly what I need at the exact right time.
It seems an interesting career, and your story of making things work is very inspiring.
For me either a watch maker or a piano tuner, I have to choose 1!
Do you need to know how to play piano to learn to be a piano technician? I've always enjoyed working on guitars despite not being very good at playing. Fixing and maintaining them was the only thing that really kept me in the hobby, so this seems very interesting to me
My piano is 40 - 80 cents flat
If it's that out of tune, it usually will take multiple tunings before it'll stay in tune. You do have to be careful however if the strings are rusty that you won't just break a bunch of strings. If the piano is super old and or has rusty strings you may not want to tune it due to the fact of damaging it. Some old rusty pianos aren't worth tuning and repairing, not saying that's you I'm just giving some advice.
@@SamuelMcgrealPianoServices my piano is a spinet piano
@@emojijoyio spinets are usually harder to tune due to them being smaller and made cheaper. They were made as a cheaper and smaller option to other pianos. Also, spinets haven't been manufactured since the 80s so most of them are pretty old. Spinets are hard to learn to tune on but will get you good at tuning difficult pianos which is very helpful
Maybe ask someone for a loan... Haha I'm sure someone will give ya 80 cents ...jk I couldn't resist
You got change for a dollar? 😂
Excellent informative video! I would imagine with 500k + UA-cam subscribers you make more from UA-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 UA-cam
Thank you for sharing this! Do you wear earplugs when turning piano to protect the longevity of your hearing? My piano tuner has a pair customer made and he wears them when he is tuning the piano.
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.
Who knew piano tuning could be so lucrative!
Thanks for the inspiring video!
A quick question for you. If you enrolled on the PTA as, say, a full time job (8 hours a day studying) how long would it take to get to a standard you could actually start tuning / repairing people's pianos semi-decently?
I’m starting my first day as a apprentice tomorrow I’m very excited
How did it go?
Congratulation whit your job. I hope you have a good life :-) :-)
From your shorts and a basic understanding of mechanics, as well as a musical background. I can see myself doing this.
Im just to cautious about it, what if it fails? What if im not good at it? This is definitely a career I would want to pursue I just dont have the financial means for it, or the equipment, the closest thing I got to a piano with an action is an electrical piano
Can’t wait for the next video. Would love to know the basics, as it does sound like a very interesting career but I need to know what’s the best way to have a taster before I invest in it
For the basics I would check out. Howard Piano on UA-cam. He has a lot of videos about tuning, repair and regulation of pianos. Great place to start if you don't really want to invest the money into a piano tuning and repair course yet
perfect timing thank you
Oh my gosh!!! 18:05 !! I see my teacher! 😂 That is SO COOL 🤩 He's such a fun guy
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.
Good video
I’m a 30 yr old door dasher and am really considering switching to this career preciate u bro
I just want to learn tuning to tune my own piano/do touchup tuning
Really cool video, thanks for sharing your story and being an inspiration for a new generation of piano technicians :)
As someone looking into starting out tuning pianos, what are your concerns with keeping the piano in the garage for tunings / repairs? I can easily find pianos for free in my area and don't have space inside the house for another piano (current one is too nice for me to "try" on).
How bad can the piano get if left in the garage for an extended period of time while I use it as my practice piano?
Kinda dumb question but what was the song that was played after the tuning 😅? Or was thay just a tune you thought of on the spot?
Contact North York General in Toronto they have 1 piano with missing hammers etc...Willis &CO. LIMITED at 7th floor
Thank you so Much!!
May the LORD Bless you and keep you as you serve and Glorify Him!
How much money would I need to set aside for this? Are there deadlines?
Hi. I have a question. I run a landscaping business that's been very successful for me, but I'm looking for something to fill the time between December and March. Do you think it would be viable to be a piano tuner 3 months out of the year in the winter (obviously with proper training via this program), but only taking either yearly piano tuning jobs or one-time jobs? I would basically be shifting out of the business and unavailable to tune once spring hit as I am very busy as a landscaper.
Hey I really enjoyed your video and as a young person I was really impressed with what you've been able to accomplish at your age.
I was hoping to get a little bit of advice though on my set of circumstances. I would love to learn to tune and repair pianos, but I don't really wish to do it as a career or anything like that. I just want it as a hobby that could make me some money every once in a while. With that in mind and since I don't have the money to, I'm not sure the piano academy is an investment I wish to make (at least not right now).
Do you have any advice for someone like me to learn and be proficient at piano tuning/repair as a hobby to help friends out and maybe make some money along the way?
This is so helpful!
I have a old Beckwith
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!
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
This is very useful thank you 😊
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!
Has no one yet made a digital Tuner For Pianos where it listens as you dial in each string?
Yes there is several different piano tuning softwares that help piano tuners tune pianos. The best is a combination of using your ear and the tuner software.
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!
My oldest son has perfect pitch and plays many instruments. He started on piano andd favors it, playing it every single day. I am in tears from excitement to show him this... He has been thinking about persuing music as a career, and he wants to find more trades involving music to be able to do throughout his life, no matter what he ends up doing. Wee have done a lot of research, and then i stumbled on this randomly. I don't know how I didn't think of it before! For that, I appreciate this video so much. I cannot thank you enough. I hope you have a beautiful day.
What song did you’ll play really want to play it
What song are you playing at the end?
Hi, I appreciate your transparence about tuning pianos. What I don't get is : So I have to open my own company and have stuff like taxes ? If no, customers are not asking for an invoice document ?
What age do you reccomend starting? Because i feel like no one would want to pay me if im young, im almost 16 and thats the minimum age to start working for me but it will make me seem not professional
bro ive been waiting for this video for so long lmao
Amazing inspiration
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 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!
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.
Is this job hard for a female and is there a top age bracket for someone to learn how to tune a piano? How do you know if you have perfect hearing?
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!❤
Are you tuning the same pianos over and over again?
What's the app do you use for tuning?
I have a video coming out about this very soon. Stay tuned
@@PianoDoctor
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!
What tool do you use to tune the strings? :)
what is the name of the song, i need to hear it in full
This course can be taken from Puerto Rico (Piano Technician Academy)
Wait why did the ice cream shop have hot dogs? Great videos by the way.
I'm about to take the PTA course. I've heard many technicians say it takes several years to become good at this. Do you think it's acceptable to start a business as soon as I complete the course, or do you recommend practicing for a year or so?
Michael Stilwell at PTA told me students usually go right into business.
It depends on how comfortable you are, but yes, most students that graduate go straight into business. you can always charge cheaper pricing and raise your rates as you gain experience and speed (that's what I did)
What if i dont have a piano to tune to practice?
What js tbat last song
Yessir 🎉
You don't mention this in the video, but I guess it's obvious, you do need to own and acoustic piano, right? I would like to become a piano tuner, but I don't have an acoustic, and I don't know If I ever will, I just don't have the space, not even for an upright. I could learn all of the theory, but where would I practice? I guess I would have to do it for free at first lol, but I don't know how would that go.
Talk to highschool band and choir teachers, there are usually pianos in practice rooms that are never tuned due to cost. Or, what I did was talk to people I knew who had a piano at home that nobody played and had never been tuned. They were happy to let me practice on them. I had a piano at home, but it was high end, in tune, and not one to practice on.
Thank you, Piano Doctor. I love your work. Sending lots of love from India. 🇮🇳❤
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'd love so much to take that masterclass and start tuning pianos, but as a 17 year old broke boy I can't even afford mcdonalds (quite literally)
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 😰
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.
there is definitely a physical component to both tuning and repairing pianos, but as far as "physical labor" jobs go, it's one of the easier ones.
Hi, great videos.
I'm wondering if you can tell me something about Petrof upright piano, like the P125 . Thanks
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!
Thoughts on the randy potter home course vs. the pta?
Sadly, the Randy Potter school is no longer running... (not sure why or when, but they just shut down over night) as of a few months ago, I heard they've been accepting peoples payments but not sending out the course material.
The PTA is way more "up to date" and they hire TOP tier instructors that specialize in specific areas of the piano, so they're a no-brainer pick for me which is why I decided to partner with them.
EDIT: check the top comment
hey I have trouble playing with two hands bc I have to focus on both hands. is there a tip that anyone recommends me to do??
Get each part good hands separate, then practice playing them together incredibly slow, and do that repetitively. With repetition it'll become more muscle memory, also try to look more at your sheet music and less at your fingers when playing. Idk repetition and patience ig. Focus on one measure at a time.
Playing very S L O W when starting to learn a piece. I often have the urge to play quick or up to tempo when learning, but it's really not a good way to start practicing, especially if it's a harder piece.
Hope that maybe helps :>
Aw hi boy, I know You from Tiktok!
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.
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
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 UA-cam Channel.
Start your own piano tuner school
Exactly
OH this was uploaded ten minutes ago. I went looking for comments but it was just a few kids.
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.
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.
im pretty interested into tuning pianos or repairing them but im 13 and i fail at literally everything
edit: holy crap i totally forgot about this comment
well uh life update: i failed my maths exam (probably will fail again once i get my mid year exam results) and i almost failed my islamic class (probably will fail this time 😢) oh but i've already tried tuning my first piano and this was at my music lesson class thing, the owner of the store asked me if i wanted to try and tune his piano and i declined cuz i was afraid i might break a string but he said it was ok since his tuner friend was coming in anyways, so then i hesitantly said "well uh- ok???" and i tuned one of his more out of tune strings and didnt snap a string! i guess three years of violin and guitar really paid off lmao
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)
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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!
I would love to have your under armor polo can you please send it to me?
Hahaha who wants to become a Piano tuner? Right, right, Nobody!!!!! And professional? This is not a profession
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!