Piano Technician

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[size=x-large]About the job[/size]
[size=medium][font=Merriweather, serif]We have an immediate need for a Piano Technician to tune and maintain all pianos at our facilities and manage ongoing refurbishment outsourcing of its extensive inventory. The ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, is essential.

We have a piano inventory of approximately 100 Steinway pianos. 
Over five years experience as a piano technician required.

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[size=medium][font=Merriweather, serif][size=medium][font=Merriweather, serif]There are several recently-constructed performance spaces that are some of the finest in the Midwest, housing a number of Steinway D concert grands whose daily maintenance will be central to this job description. The School of Music hosts approximately 300 concerts per year, including high profile events such as the Hastings International Piano Competition and artist series which feature first tier international performers. The university commitment to renewing and maintaining its collection of pianos is evidenced by both new acquisitions and an ongoing refurbishment program; over one million dollars spent on new Steinways in the last two years, and approximately fifty thousand dollars each year spent on outsourcing rebuilds.

Minimum Education
Associate degree or equivalent.

Minimum Experience
Over three through five years of experience tuning, restoring, and refurbishing top quality pianos such as Steinway.

Preferred Education
Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred Experience
Over five years experience as a piano technician.

Job Duties

Use requisite skills for tuning, voicing, regulation, and standard maintenance of all upright and grand pianos with occasional work needed for instruments at the President’s House, Museum, Emens, Pruis Hall, Alumni Center, Student Center, and other locations on Ball State University campus.

Routine refurbishing and restoring pianos as appropriate to the strategic maintenance plan.

Major restorations would be treated on an ad hoc basis.

Manage funds to accomplish routine refurbishing and restoring pianos as appropriate to the strategic maintenance plan.

Ensure preparations occur for two major piano competitions to be hosted on campus.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

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[size=x-large]More about the company[/size]
[size=medium][font=Merriweather, serif]At Ball State, we’re more than just educators—we’re educational entrepreneurs. Combining top-flight talent with the top-notch resources Ball State has to offer, our students and faculty inject endless energy and creativity into what they teach and how they learn. The result—a university The Princeton Review calls one of the best in the Midwest.[/font][/size]

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Ball State University
Muncle 47306
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