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Oberlin Offers MFA in Piano Technology
July 11, 2023
Communications Staff
Two-year graduate program prepares students for careers that blend artistry and technology, with no prior musical training necessary.
![Piano technology students works on an instrument in the shop.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/piano_tech_students_web.jpg?itok=MwJzya1v)
Home Township Hero
June 21, 2021
Cathleen Partlow Strauss '84
Tshepiso Ledwaba ’20 brought the talent to become a world-class piano tech. Oberlin gave him the training.
![Tshepiso Ledwaba.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ledwaba_portrait_unisa_01-20-4.jpg?itok=cbWNGh59)
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Steinway
April 1, 2020
Erich Burnett
For conservatory students still living at Oberlin, a week without a piano was a week too long.
![piano student practicing in Asia House lounge.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jianyi_gu_photo.jpg?itok=T8XmVro0)
Oberlin Forges Piano Technology Partnership with Shanghai Conservatory
June 18, 2018
Erich Burnett
Union calls for faculty residencies, student exchanges, advanced-level Oberlin degree, and more.
![Teacher and students gathered around a Steinway piano in a repair shop.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oberlin_piano_technology_2018_photo_by_julie_gulenko.jpg?itok=j-plXJb8)
Master Technician Eric Schandall Works with Oberlin Students
January 26, 2017
Erich Burnett
Artist diploma program in piano technology bridges gap between technicians and concert pianists.
![person providing maintenance to a piano](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/piano-tech-22.jpg?itok=hVuPa_cH)
Oberlin Piano Tech Program Graduates First Class
June 15, 2016
Erich Burnett
Two-year-old program matches alumni with careers worldwide.
![Yu Jiaao and Chun Yen Chen.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/piano_tech_grads_yu_jiaao_and_chun_yen_chen.jpg?itok=KOpRNzzK)
Oberlin to Offer Artist Diploma in Piano Technology
May 12, 2014
By Erich Burnett
Designed in association with Steinway & Sons, the new program will launch in 2014-15.
![A technician works on a piano.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/piano-tech-hands.jpg?itok=Mo3m1SXE)