Can I opt out of the maintenance protection plan?

No, we are sorry, but this is a very important option! Even in the best circumstances, accidents happen, and believe us when we say you don’t want to take the chance of needing to pay those expenses on your own! Remember that this plan also covers normal maintenance that instruments need to keep them in tip top playing condition. It is so important to keep an instrument 100% responsive and easy to play, especially for a beginning student!

What if my instrument needs maintenance?

Simply bring it into the shop! We will fix it, or swap it for another instrument if necessary so the student doesn’t loose practice time! We know that after the long band season many high school band instruments need maintenance, we are open Monday-Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm.

How do I keep my instrument in top working condition?

We recommend you use the musical instrument maintenance kit you purchased when you rented the instrument! It contains items to clean and help maintain your instrument after each practice. Then, once a year we recommend you drop the instrument off at the shop for deep cleaning, routine maintenance and adjustments.

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Colorado Institute of Musical Instrument Technology (CIOMIT) is a premier trade school dedicated to training the next generation of musical instrument repair technicians.

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Online Musical Instrument Repair Courses

Our comprehensive online courses cover woodwinds, brass, string instruments, and basics for band directors. Students work directly with instruments while developing the skills required for a career in the instrument repair industry. Each course focuses on the essential skills needed to repair and maintain band instruments. Whether you are a musician, music educator, or aspiring repair technician, CIOMIT helps you develop practical knowledge and professional repair techniques.

Brass
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Learn how to repair instruments in the brass family! This course provides hands-on training in the repair, maintenance, and adjustment for trumpets, trombones, and french horns.

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Woodwind
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Learn how to repair woodwind instruments! Each instrument in this discipline has its own twists and tweaks, so our woodwind courses are instrument specific: flute, saxophone and clarinet.

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String
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Learn how to repair instruments with strings! We have online courses available for acoustic and electric guitar repair. And a course for orchestral string repair covering violin, cello and upright bass.

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In a series of four courses, Directors can learn the fundamentals of Brass, Flute, Saxophone and Clarinet repairs they can do themselves. Each course is available as a standalone or get a discount when you purchase all four.

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Our online instrument repair courses provide education and training for repairing musical instruments. Each of our ten courses include 4K teaching videos, one on one video coaching and mandatory hands on repair work, enabling you to learn exceptional instrument repair technique online.

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Browse our course selection and program options. Each course is listed by discipline and includes tuition, time frame, and tool requirement information. All courses are only offered online.

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We offer two different tuition options. Learn how our tuition works and choose the best option for you. You can also find answers to many of our frequently asked questions about tuition.

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