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Piano Technology | Full-Time Programs | North Bennet Street School Admissions & Financial AidFull-Time ProgramsStudent Life & ResourcesContinuing EducationAlumni & CareersGivingAboutPresidential Search Student & Alumni Login ApplyRequest InfoVisitDonateContactBlog Menu Admissions & Financial AidFull-Time ProgramsFull-Time Programs OverviewBookbindingCabinet & Furniture MakingCarpentryJewelry Making & RepairLocksmithing & Security TechnologyPiano TechnologyCurriculumFacilitiesFacultyTuitionCareersProfilesPreservation CarpentryViolin Making & RepairStudent Life & ResourcesContinuing EducationAlumni & CareersGivingAboutPresidential Search Full-Time Programs > Piano Technology Admissions & Financial AidAdmissions OverviewInfo Sessions Student Life Living in BostonFinancial AidFinancial Aid OverviewTuition & FeesGrants & ScholarshipsInternational StudentsCareer CounselorsVeteransFAQsFull-Time ProgramsFull-Time Programs OverviewVideosVirtual ToursProfilesBookbindingCurriculumFacilitiesFacultyTuitionCareersProfilesCabinet & Furniture MakingCurriculumFacilitiesFacultyTuitionCareersProfilesCarpentryCurriculumFacilitiesFacultyTuitionCareersProfilesJewelry Making & RepairCurriculumFacilitiesFacultyTuitionCareersProfilesLocksmithing & Security TechnologyCurriculumFacilitiesFacultyTuitionCareersProfilesPiano TechnologyCurriculumFacilitiesFacultyTuitionCareersProfilesPreservation CarpentryCurriculumFacilitiesFacultyTuitionCareersProfilesViolin Making & RepairCurriculumFacilitiesFacultyTuitionCareersProfilesStudent Life & ResourcesContinuing EducationOverview & CalendarBook Arts & BookbindingWoodworking & CarpentryJewelry MakingMusical InstrumentsAlumni & CareersOverviewProfiles in CraftCareersAlumni AssociationDistinguished Alumni AwardStudent & Alumni PortalJobs & Commissions BoardBusiness DirectoryGivingOverviewAnnual Celebration of CraftPartners in CraftShaw SocietyWorkforce DevelopmentLives & Livelihoods CampaignAboutOverviewPartnershipsHistoryPeopleEmploymentPublicationsGallery/StoreVisitContact Presidential Search Piano Technology Our comprehensive Piano Technology programs requite you the skills you need to start a successful merchantry and pursue a tightly satisfying career. We offer two nine-month courses—Basic Piano Technology (PT) andWidePiano Technology (PA)—both of which provide intensive training with master sense in a stimulating environment. Both programs vamp students who share a passion for music, problem solving and mechanics, and the hand skills used to restore and superintendency for trappy musical instruments. Our facilities include two seat rooms and sixteen individual practice rooms, outfitted with a variety of pianos. Combined with merchantry instruction, you’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge to wilt a successful technician.BASIC PIANO TECHNOLOGYThe PT program covers all phases of within piano tuning, including the concepts on which equal temperament is founded. You’ll learn to tune, regulate, and repair the deportment of both upright and grand pianos. Classes include hands-on work, lectures, and field trips to such venues as the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Mason & Hamlin Factory in Haverhill, the Steinway factory in Long Island City, as well as various workshops and collections throughout New England.ADVANCED PIANO TECHNOLOGYThe PA program focuses on the unshortened piano and comprehensive piano service. This includes wide tuning and regulation practice, and resolving service problems that occur in the field—an example of which is the School’s 72-piano service contract with the Boston Public School system. Each year, PA students work in teams of two or three to dismantle, rebuild, and repair grand pianos. Program DetailsCurriculum: Investigate what students learn over the undertow of both nine-month programs.Facilities: Virtually walk through the program spaces.Faculty: Meet our talented instructors, who are experts in their field.Tuition: Check out tuition, costs, and matriculation hours.Careers: Explore careers misogynist to Piano Technology graduates and the employment outlook.Profiles: Read well-nigh our alumni, including how an education at NBSS opened doors for them.Additional InfoAdmissions Info: How to get your using started and what you need to apply.Financial Aid: Your education is an investment. Learn well-nigh our financial aid options.Piano Technology program brochure: Download at-a-glance details. Questions? Contact Rob O'Dwyer, Director of Admissions, at 617-227-0155 x111 or admissions@nbss.edu. "It is untellable to overemphasize the respect this school has in the piano technology industry. When [employers] see NBSS on your resume, they will take a serious squint at you." Brian Turano PT '13, PA '14 ViewIncreasinglyPiano Technology Alumni Profiles Piano Technology News Dedicated to a Work Ethic Second to None The Surdam-Murphy Scholarship honors Patty Murphy PA '94 whose "technical work was exquisite, and her work ethic was second-to-none," equal to donor Lew Surdam PA '80. The scholarship will provide half-tuition for two students inWidePiano Technology every year, for generations to come. Read increasingly well-nigh Dedicated to a Work Ethic Second to None Restoring a Steinway to its Former Glory The town of Harvard, Massachusetts, is undergoing a wanted campaign, including a plan to restore the town's 1931 Steinway M victual grand piano, preserving an important part of the town's cultural history. As the town investigates their options, they tabbed upon NBSS alumna Mariana Quinn PT '05, PA '06. Her thoughts were featured in a December 21, 2017 vendible in the Harvard Press. Read increasingly well-nigh Restoring a Steinway to its Former Glory Tuning for the Van Cliburn Competition Nowell Gatica PT '10, PA '11, Chief Piano Technician for Steinway Hall Dallas, is moreover the lead piano technician for the quadrennial Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, one of the most illustrious piano competitions in the world. Nowell was featured in a Dallas Star-Telegram vendible well-nigh this year's Competition. Read increasingly well-nigh Tuning for the Van Cliburn Competition Working With Head Technicians & Celebrated Musicians Educating Basic andWidePiano Technology students for employment may uncork in our practice rooms and program spaces, but the work doesn't end there. Newly learned skills are tested in the real world, via a wide variety of internship opportunities, from tuning grand pianos at summer music festivals to servicing upright models in the Boston Public Schools. Read increasingly well-nigh Working With Head Technicians &amp; Celebrated Musicians Play Me, I'm Yours: Behind-the-Scenes Artistry NBSS piano technician students and alumni are at the heart of a public art installation in Boston tabbed Play Me, I'm Yours. The project recently placed 60 pianos throughout the city, each decorated by a local artist, and misogynist for public use in plazas, parks, and side streets. Read increasingly well-nigh Play Me, I'm Yours: Behind-the-Scenes Artistry < > North Bennet Street School 150 North Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 617.227.0155 info@nbss.edu Contact UsGetting Here Quicklinks Blog Posts CalendarProfilesVirtual ToursVideosTuition Payment FacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedInYouTube Jobs & Commissions Board © 2018 North Bennet Street School. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Site Map Powered by Finalsite