Piano Technician, Butler School of Music

Job Posting

Title:

Piano Technician, Butler School of Music

Hiring Department: Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music

Position Open To: All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled

Hours:

40

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Earliest

Start Date:

Sep 02, 2025

Position Duration: Expected to Continue

Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS

The College of Fine Arts is the college of creativity at The University of Texas at Austin—a home for artists, performers, designers, scholars, educators, makers and creatives ready to change the world.

This job description may not contain all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described. Even if you don't qualify or have specific experience in every facet of this role, we encourage you to apply.

• 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage
• Retirement contributions
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid holidays
• Other services and perks.

The purpose of the Second Piano Technician position at the University of Texas is to support the head piano technician in maintaining the highest quality of piano performance and functionality across campus facilities. This role ensures the university's pianos, used in concerts, classrooms, studios, and practice modules, are meticulously tuned, repaired, and reconditioned to meet the needs of students, faculty, and visiting artists.

By performing concert tunings, cosmetic repairs, part replacements, and bench reconditioning, as well as overseeing piano rentals and preparing instruments for University Interscholastic League (UIL) events, the Second Piano Technician contributes to the excellence of the university's music programs and enhances the overall experience of performers and audiences.

• Piano reconditioning, and installing new parts and strings.
• Perform concert tunings at TPA, or any specified concert venue, when needed.
• Perform cosmetic repairs on performance, and faculty studio pianos.
• Prepare and supervise piano rentals on UT Campus.
• Prepare pianos for UIL.
• Repair and recondition piano artist benches.

• Decision Making and Critical Thinking
• Effective Communications
• Accuracy and Attention to Detail
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Problem Solving
• Service Excellence
• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

• Five years as a Piano Technician
• Member of the Piano Technicians Guild

$56,900, fixed-rate

• May work nights, weekends, and occasional holidays.
• May work more than forty hours per week.
• May move heavy objects.

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:
You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that

ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:
As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left-hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application.

The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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