Mentor Program Start Page
One Year
Complete all 22 Units and become certified as an Aural Piano Technician, APTU.
Here is how the course is run:
Once you sign up for the Mentor Program, you will get immediate access to all the lessons on HowToTunePianos.com.
After successfully completing the theory and stability courses, the student will receive one hour private online lessons given every week for 52 weeks.
At the discretion of the instructor, the student may be allowed to take two lessons per week for six months.
The student will work through 22 units and send in a recording of each unit once completed.
Each class the instructor will help the student advance in one or more of the following ways:
- Mark the unit with the student
- Go over the unit with the student
- Instruct the student how to pass the next unit
- Answer any general questions about piano tuning and repair
After successful completion of all 22 units, the student will receive the certification of Aural Piano Tuner, APTU, with the International Piano Technicians School, IPTS.
Mentor/Accelerated Program Instructions
GENERAL
1. Sign up.
2. Update password.
3. Watch the theory lessons.
4. Take the theory quizzes.
5. Watch the stability lessons.
6. Take the stability quizzes.
7. Contact us to let us know you've finished these two courses and we will start your live classes.
DETAILS
1. Sign up for the Mentor or Accelerated Program at https://HowToTunePianos.com/New-IPTS-Programs/ and your account will automatically be created.
(If you have signed up for a payment plan, we may have to create your account manually)
2. Once you sign up, you will receive an email asking you to update your password.
3. Login in to https://HowToTunePianos.com and click Courses.
You will be brought to the courses page that says USER LOGGED IN at the top. Click the course that says Piano Tuning Theory.
4. Each lesson has a Take the Quiz button. Click it to access the quiz. (See Special Quiz Notes below)
5. Login in to https://HowToTunePianos.com and click Courses.
You will be brought to the courses page that says USER LOGGED IN at the top. Click the course that says Superior Stability.
6. Each lesson has a Take the Quiz button. Click it to access the quiz. (See Special Quiz Notes below)
7. Reach out by Email or the Contact page and let us know you are done the quizzes and ready to start your live lessons.
Live Lessons Notes
- During the live lessons we will mark your units and direct you how to finish the next unit.
- On occasion we may watch you tune a unit live.
- Live lessons are given over Skype. Make sure you have a Skype account before we start the live lessons.
Units
- Follow the instructions for each unit found at InternationalPianoTechniciansSchool.com/units/
- Unit progress is stored in a spreadsheet called "IPTS - YOUR NAME" that we will set up in your first live class.
- You must get 80% to pass each unit. We strongly recommend getting a minimum of 90% for each unit.
- Your last unit will tuning a grand piano for a local independent concert technician in your city
Special Quiz Notes
- All the lessons are located at HowToTunePianos.com.
- All the quizzes (and units) are found at InternationalPianoTechniciansSchool.com
- Each "Take the Quiz" button links to the quiz which is located at InternationalPianoTechniciansSchool.com.
- This separate quiz website allows us to track your progress.
- You need to be Registered and Logged In to the InternationalPianoTechniciansSchool.com website in order to take the quizzes.
- It is free to register. Just click Login and look for the Register button.
- You don't need to use the same email and password as HowToTunePianos.com, but you can.
- If you get an error even though you are logged in, try reloading the page.