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The IAPBT profile
The International Association of Piano Builders and Technicians (IAPBT) was founded in the city of Minneapolis, USA, in July 1979, initiated jointly by US and Japan associations of piano technicians.
The main purpose of the association is the formation and maintenance of a worldwide network of piano technicians and rebuilders. To this end, IAPBT make great efforts to encourage voluntary exchanges of technical information between piano technicians and manufacturers at the international level and strengthen their cooperation for technological research at an international level.
The IAPBT consists of trade associations, each one representing a country or a region. In case there is a trade association in IAPBT, the individual member from the same country or region is not allowed to take part in the association. Currently, the IAPBT members include:
- APPTA (Australia Piano Technicians and Turnes Association)
- CPTA (China Piano Tuners and Technicians Association)
- JPTA (Japan Piano Technicians Association)
- KPTA (Korea Piano Tuners Association)
- PTG (Piano Technicians Guild)
- SAAPPT (South African Association for Professional Piano Turners)
- TPTA (Taiwan Piano Technicians Association)
- UEPBA (Union of European Piano Builders Association, known as EuroPiano)
Individual members are spread throughout countries, such as China, Hong Kong, Greece, Republic of Cyprus, Argentina and Uzbekistan.
The IAPBT convention
Since it was founded in 1979, IAPBT has organised the biannual meetings, which have been successfully held 24 times. The most recent convention, held in Shinan, South Korea, followed those held in Washington DC, USA, Warsaw, Poland, and Hamamatsu, Japan.
The 25th IAPBT conference is due to take place in Sydney, Australia, from 7 to 10 October 2027. For further information on registration, please click the button below.