The Daily Aural Tuning Curriculum

88 Keys.
88 Lessons.
One Lifetime Skill.

The world's first daily podcast curriculum for learning aural piano tuning. Free episodes, premium mastery — 90 days to real confidence.

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88 episodes  ·  90 days  ·  Zero prior experience needed

The Craft

"Aural tuning is not a trick. It is a discipline — the same discipline that concert technicians have practiced for three hundred years, listening to the piano tell them what it needs."

Every piano is a living instrument. Its 230 strings stretch and settle with temperature, humidity, and the weight of every note ever played. Learning to hear that drift — and to correct it with confidence — is one of the most deeply satisfying technical skills a person can acquire.

Until now, the only way to learn it was expensive apprenticeship, scattered YouTube tutorials, or dense trade-school manuals. None of them were built for the way we actually learn today: a little at a time, on our own schedule, guided by a voice we trust.

Why 88 Lessons Exists

Built for the way skilled people actually learn.

Piano tuning sits at the intersection of acoustics, mathematics, and pure listening. It has always been taught ear-to-ear, in workshops and under the lids of grands, between technician and apprentice. That intimacy is exactly what we replicated — in audio form.

88 Lessons is a serialized podcast: 88 daily episodes, each one a focused lesson that builds on the last. By episode 88, you will have internalized the complete skill set of aural tuning — not just the theory, but the muscle memory of listening.

We built it for career changers who want a second income doing something with their hands and ears. For musicians who have always been curious about the instrument beneath the music. For aspiring piano technicians who want a structured path before committing to a full trade program.

You can start for free, right now, on any podcast app. No signup, no credit card — just press play.

The 90-Day Arc

From first listen to first tuning job.

1

Days 1–22

Foundations of Sound

Acoustics, string physics, interval recognition, the equal temperament system — the ears begin to open.

2

Days 23–44

Temperament & Touch

Setting the octave, tuning the temperament octave, muting technique, and the feel of a tuning hammer.

3

Days 45–66

The Full Keyboard

Tuning all 88 notes by ear, bass string behavior, treble stretch — a complete piano becomes familiar territory.

4

Days 67–88

Confidence & Career

Pitch-raise, customer pianos, pricing your time, building a local reputation — the craft becomes a living.

What We Believe

Craft is learned by listening, not by watching.

Audio-native learning

Piano tuning is done with your ears. Your curriculum should be too. Every episode is built for deep listening — not screen-watching.

Daily progressive structure

Skill compounds like interest. One focused episode per day, 88 days in sequence, builds genuine expertise that random watching never does.

Freely accessible, deeply optional premium

Every lesson is free to listen. Premium members get worksheets, AI practice tools, and the master series — for those who want to go further.

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Search "88 Lessons" on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Press play on Episode 1. That is literally all it takes to begin.

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Master's Workshop — Premium

Go deeper with the full technical curriculum.

Practice worksheets, beat-counting exercises, AI pitch analysis tools, and an extended master series for those preparing for PTG certification or professional work.

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Available after you complete the free series — or anytime.

Who This Is For

Three kinds of curious people.

The Career Changer

Skilled hands, new direction.

You are 35–50, good with your hands, and thinking about flexible trade work that respects your intelligence. Piano tuning pays $80–180 per appointment, sets its own schedule, and never gets outsourced to a machine.

The Musician

The instrument beneath the music.

You have played piano for years and have always wondered what happens inside the lid. 88 Lessons will transform the way you hear every piano you ever sit down to play.

The Aspiring Technician

A proven path before the program.

You are 18–30 and considering PTG membership or a formal trade program. 88 Lessons gives you the aural foundation first — so when you enter formal training, you are already ahead.

The piano has been waiting.
Your ears are ready.

88 episodes. 88 keys. One discipline that will change the way you hear every piano for the rest of your life.

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