Are you interested in being a piano technician?
Goal for this session:
Acquaint yourself with the piano, be able to identify its parts, complete the first tuning and learn tuning service procedure. Learn hands-on training of the basics from our professional (Paul Rea) to get the skills you need to get started as a piano technician.
We will supply tuning equipment and basic regulation tools.
Tuition: $1,000 (Financial aid is available)
Paul Rea
Director of Product Development and Quality Control
Master Piano Builder working with Sauter, Petrof and Hailun
If you've been shopping for digital pianos online recently, you already know how overwhelming it can get. Every brand claims to be the best. Every review site has a different top pick. The specs are confusing. The price range is massive. And in the middle of all of it, you're just trying to figure out what to actually buy.
This is the question we get more than almost any other at The Piano Place: "Should I buy an acoustic or a digital piano?" And our honest answer is always the same — it depends. There's no universally right answer, but there are definitely right answers for different people. Let me break it down for you the way I would if you walked into our showroom today.
Something remarkable is happening in classical music right now, and honestly, I don't think it's getting nearly enough attention. A new generation of young pianists — most of them under 30 — are turning Bach and Chopin into social media sensations. And the audiences showing up to listen? Millions of them. Many of them Gen Z.