The Furtados Institute of Piano Technology has been set up in Mumbai to train piano tuners and technicians to serve the music community in India. The first two-year diploma course with ten trainees has already commenced in June 2012, at state-of-the-art workshop premises in Vikhroli (West), in Mumbai. The course is being run by Concert Tuner, Steve Droy, and Piano Restorer and Technician, D J Y Smallman, both from the UK, with over 50 years’ experience between them, who have shifted residence to Mumbai to create, execute and teach the course. Their services as professional tuners/technicians are therefore available to the city of Mumbai, in particular, and to the rest of the country, in general. In addition to Annual Maintenance Contracts for pianos in private residences and institutions, and tuning for concerts and events, full restoration and repair jobs are also being undertaken at our professional workshop in Mumbai.
