Tuner/Technician, Piano

Description

A full-time (40 hours per week including 5 hours per week paid lunch breaks) piano technician is expected to tune and service school’s pianos 4-5 hours a day, and spend the rest of work hours performing assigned rebuilding tasks. Piano servicing includes daily tunings in school’s venues, studios, classrooms, rehearsal rooms, and practice rooms. Work hours start no later than 6:00 am, 5 days a week. Must be able to work evenings and weekends as assigned by supervisor.

The salary for this role $65,000-$95,000 per year.

Working at Juilliard

Founded in 1905, The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing arts education. The school’s mission is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors from around the world so that they may achieve their fullest potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens.

Excellence and professionalism are important guides for us in how we go about our work, but we also connect to the mission as individuals in the workplace. We thrive because of our variety of backgrounds, our ability to be open and honest, and enjoying each other’s company. We believe that each employee has the responsibility to help shape the organizational culture and provide opportunities to participate in team building throughout the year. We are also continuing to improve our organizational values with a focus on equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

We encourage you to read more about how we achieve our mission on our website, www.juilliard.edu.

Role Responsibilities

• Tuning pianos on a daily basis
• Restringing, replacing bridge pins, and refreshing bridge notches
• Regulating actions and damper systems
• Rebuilding actions and damper systems
• Voicing pianos
• Concert-level tuning for Juilliard performances
• Cleaning, lubricating, and maintaining pianos and piano benches
• Installing and maintaining Dampp Chaser Piano Life Saver systems
• Repairing piano hardware and case damage
• Participating in piano moving

Minimum Requirements

• High school or equivalent
• 3 years of experience working as a piano technician
• Concert-level piano tuning and action regulation skills
• Organizational skills
• Computer skills
• Spreadsheet proficiency
• Effective communicator
• Ability to work independently
• Willingness to be team player
• Interest and ability to set and achieve goals
• Strong interest in improving technical skills, display openness to new ideas
• Willingness to work flexible hours and weekends if needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous university experience
• Piano Technicians Guild RPT status
• Action rebuilding and restringing experience
• Training at Steinway or reputable piano rebuilding shop and periodic attendance at PTG conferences
• Graduate of recognized training program
• College degree

Non-discrimination Policy

The Juilliard School is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its relations with its faculty, staff, students, and other members of the Juilliard community, and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, alienage, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, physical or mental disability, medical condition, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, partnership status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable local, state, or federal law. This nondiscrimination policy covers, but is not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, benefits, rates of pay and other forms of compensation as well as student admission, access, and treatment in school programs and activities.