KORG USA, Inc.’s service and repair department has created an apprenticeship program for local students to learn the basics of instrument engineering
The four-week long program invited select students from Island Drafting and Technical Institute located in Amityville, New York, to work with top personnel of KORG USA Inc’s. technician department to learn about vacuum tube theory, different classes of keyboards and amplifiers, the importance of biasing, and more. The program was split into two parts: general theory and hands-on training.
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“I’ve been toying with the idea of an apprenticeship program for a while. I’ve been in the musical instrument servicing industry for well over forty years and started myself as a student, working for a musical instrument company part time to help pay tuition. I learned more from working there than I ever learned in the classroom. Today a large part of our industry requires an understanding of older technology and theory, so I wanted to help educate the next generation of technicians, giving them the same opportunity that I had,” says Tom Imparato, national service manager.
The apprenticeship program started in March 2019.
