Carter WilliamsAug 5, 2026

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Carter Williams

Carter Williams shares his journey of building a successful side hustle as a piano tuner. He explains how he turned this niche skill into a profitable business and introduces his academy to help others do the same.

About Page Video

Carter Williams

Carter Williams shares his journey of building a successful side hustle as a piano tuner. He explains how he turned this niche skill into a profitable business and introduces his academy to help others do the same.

Chapters

00:00

Introduction

Meet Carter Williams, the founder of the Piano Tuning Academy.

00:40

Personal Background

01:34

The Inspiration

02:31

Learning the Trade

03:46

Business Potential

04:43

Course Overview

Transcript

00:00

Hey everybody, My name is Carter Williams and I'm going to tell you guys just a little bit about myself.

00:05

I'm from Northern Utah, I'm 24 years old, I'm married, with a baby on the way.

00:10

She comes in October and we're super excited.

00:13

And I've been tuning pianos for about four years now.

00:16

I've been tuning pianos on the side though it's, not my full time job.

00:21

During the day I actually sell elevators.

00:24

Kind of interesting.

00:26

But I've always loved the idea of having a side hustle or a side gig that could help make extra money for date nights, extra money to save up for vacations.

00:38

just extra play cash.

00:40

It's always nice to have extra cash.

00:42

and with a regular job you only get paid every two weeks.

00:45

And so when you have a side hustle and you get paid right after the job, you can kind of have that money coming in as you want and as you please.

00:54

So about four years ago, I returned home from a service mission.

00:59

I served a mission for my church and when I got home, my parents had just bought a new piano and they hired a guy to come out and tune the piano.

01:09

Well, when he showed up, all he brought in was a little duffel bag.

01:13

he didn't have many tools.

01:16

He pulled out a little device, pulled the piano apart.

01:19

Took him like two minutes to get the piano taken apart.

01:23

And he sat at the piano and he had this little tool and I thought it was so cool.

01:29

And he was just tightening and loosening pins and just making the piano sound great, tuning it up.

01:36

And it only took him like an hour.

01:38

And I watched my parents write him a check for 150 bucks.

01:42

And I'm like, the hourly rate on that is insane.

01:46

I, I gotta learn how to do that.

01:47

That's like a fantastic side hustle.

01:50

so what I did was I reached out to a neighbor, I had a neighbor who was in the piano tuning industry, and he was nearing retirement.

02:02

And I ended up following him around for three or four months, just shadowing him, seeing if it was something that, that, I could do and it was very interesting and I learned a lot and I loved it.

02:17

And so I just went for it.

02:20

I got online, I found some tools.

02:23

I paid for some softwares.

02:26

I paid a lot of money to get started and to learn.

02:30

but that's what it takes.

02:32

You have to pay money to make money.

02:34

I've networked.

02:35

I've learned from lots and lots of different piano technicians over the year.

02:40

over the years.

02:42

And I've worked hard to build a good customer base.

02:46

I've raised my prices like, like I've just done the whole thing and it's all been on the side.

02:50

It really hasn't been taken that much time out of my life.

02:54

And I'm now at the point where I tune two or three pianos a week after work.

03:00

It only takes me an hour and a half, two hours, just in, my local area.

03:04

And I make some seriously good cash.

03:07

So I created this course to share that with you guys.

03:12

It is an untapped industry.

03:16

It's a side hustle that nobody thinks about and there is such a need for it.

03:20

and so I know that if you watching this video are looking for a great side hustle, even just starting a new business like this thing doesn't even have to be a side hustle.

03:32

You could turn this into a full blown business and make over six figures a year.

03:36

I know somebody who's doing a million dollars a year in revenue tuning pianos.

03:42

It's very scalable.

03:44

and so that's my story.

03:48

That's me.

03:49

I'm excited for you guys to start this journey.

03:53

I have some really good information and I know that I can help you guys go from not knowing anything about tuning pianos to getting your first paying customer within a couple months.

04:05

I know that I can do that because I've done it.

04:09

And it wasn't that long ago that I learned how to do it.

04:12

I have the tools, I have the roadmap, and I'm excited to show you.

04:18

We'll see you inside.

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