This educational program is designed to prepare students to apply technical knowledge and skills to make, maintain, repair, and tune electric and acoustic musical instruments. This program frequently includes in depth instruction in methods and equipment for making musical instruments, techniques of cleaning, electronic instrument amplification systems, and methods of tuning musical instruments.
The list below includes regionally and/or nationally accredited Musical Instrument Fabrication and Repair schools, colleges and universities.
Emil Fries Piano Hospital and Training Center
2510 E Evergreen Blvd, Vancouver, WA 98661-4323
| Phone Number: | (360) 693-1511 |
| Website: | www.pianotuningschool.org |
| School Type: | Private not-for-profit, 2-year |
| Awards Offered: | 4-year certificate |
| Campus setting: | Midsize city |
| Campus housing: | No |
| Student Population: | 9 (9 undergraduate) |
| Student-to-faculty Ratio: | 4 to 1 |
Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical
1250 Homer Rd, Winona, MN 55987
| Phone Number: | (507) 453-2700 |
| Website: | www.southeastmn.edu |
| School Type: | 2-year public |
| Awards Offered: | 1-year certificate 2-year certificate Associate’s degree 4-year certificate |
| Campus setting: | Distant town |
| Campus housing: | No |
| Student Population: | 3,062 (3,062 undergraduate) |
| Student-to-faculty Ratio: | 27 to 1 |
| Admissions: | www.southeastmn.edu/become_a_student/admission…. |
| Financial Aid: | www.southeastmn.edu/become_a_student/finaid.aspx |
| Online Application: | www.southeastmn.edu/become_a_student/admission…. |
North Bennet Street School
39 North Bennet St, Boston, MA 02113-1914
| Phone Number: | 617E12 |
| Website: | www.nbss.org |
| School Type: | Private not-for-profit, 2-year |
| Awards Offered: | 2-year certificate 4-year certificate |
| Campus setting: | Large city |
| Campus housing: | No |
| Student Population: | 165 (165 undergraduate) |
| Student-to-faculty Ratio: | 10 to 1 |
| Admissions: | www.nbss.org |
| Financial Aid: | www.nbss.org |
Renton Technical College
3000 NE Fourth St, Renton, WA 98056-4123
| Phone Number: | (425) 235-2352 |
| Website: | www.rtc.edu |
| School Type: | 2-year public |
| Awards Offered: | 1-year certificate 2-year certificate Associate’s degree 4-year certificate |
| Campus setting: | Small city |
| Campus housing: | No |
| Student Population: | 9,148 (9,148 undergraduate) |
| Student-to-faculty Ratio: | 29 to 1 |
Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery
4011 S 16th St, Phoenix, AZ 85040
| Phone Number: | (602) 243-1179 |
| Website: | www.roberto-venn.com |
| School Type: | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year |
| Awards Offered: | 1-year certificate |
| Campus setting: | Large city |
| Campus housing: | No |
| Student Population: | 72 (72 undergraduate) |
| Student-to-faculty Ratio: | 10 to 1 |
Western Iowa Tech Community College
4647 Stone Ave, Sioux City, IA 51102-5199
| Phone Number: | (712) 274-6400 |
| Website: | www.witcc.edu |
| School Type: | 2-year public |
| Awards Offered: | 1-year certificate 2-year certificate Associate’s degree |
| Campus setting: | Small city |
| Campus housing: | Yes |
| Student Population: | 7,630 (7,630 undergraduate) |
| Student-to-faculty Ratio: | 23 to 1 |
| Admissions: | www.witcc.edu/registration/ |
| Financial Aid: | www.witcc.edu/financial_aid/index.cfm |
| Online Application: | www.witcc.edu/registration/ |