Tunes, repairs, and rebuilds pianos for homes, schools, and concert halls.
You tune a concert grand before a symphony performance, then visit three homes to tune and fix sticky keys.
Concert hall technicians earn more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Piano technology school or apprenticeship; Registered Piano Technician (RPT) exam.
Ways in: Trade school, Apprenticeship. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Piano Technology (trade school).
Growing slowly. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Tuning apps help pitch, but voicing, regulating and repairing real pianos needs trained hands and ears.
Classes: Music or piano, Woodshop, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9063.
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