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Job Description

Repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 49-9063.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 37,690.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 18.00
Currently, there are 7,980 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners”.

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Tasks for “Keyboard Instrument Repairer”

Cut out sections around cracks on percussion instruments to prevent cracks from advancing, using shears or grinding wheels.
Remove material from bars of percussion instruments to obtain specified tones, using bandsaws, sanding machines, machine grinders, or hand files and scrapers.
Strike wood, fiberglass, or metal bars of instruments, and use tuned blocks, stroboscopes, or electronic tuners to evaluate tones made by instruments.
Place rim hoops back onto drum shells to allow new drumheads to dry and become taut.
Repair breaks in percussion instruments such as drums and cymbals, using drill presses, power saws, glue, clamps, grinding wheels, or other hand tools.
Solder posts and parts to hold them in their proper places.
String instruments, and adjust trusses and bridges of instruments to obtain specified string tensions and heights.
Adjust felt hammers on pianos to increase tonal mellowness or brilliance, using sanding paddles, lacquer, or needles.
Solder or weld frames of mallet instruments and metal drum parts.
Refinish and polish piano cabinets or cases to prepare them for sale.
Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.
Refinish instruments to protect and decorate them, using hand tools, buffing tools, and varnish.
Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary.
Shape old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathes, or soldering irons.
Cut new drumheads from animal skins, using scissors, and soak drumheads in water to make them pliable.
Test tubes and pickups in electronic amplifier units, and solder parts and connections as necessary.
Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
Wash metal instruments in lacquer-stripping and cyanide solutions to remove lacquer and tarnish.
File metal reeds until their pitches correspond with standard tuning bar pitches.
Replace xylophone bars and wheels.
Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools.
Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.
Make wood replacement parts, using woodworking machines and hand tools.
Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.
Remove drumheads by removing tension rods with drum keys and cutting tools.
Inspect instruments to locate defects, and to determine their value or the level of restoration required.
Assemble bars onto percussion instruments.
Remove dents and burrs from metal instruments, using mallets and burnishing tools.
Deliver pianos to purchasers or to locations of their use.
Remove irregularities from tuning pins, strings, and hammers of pianos, using wood blocks or filing tools.
Align pads and keys on reed or wind instruments.
Stretch drumheads over rim hoops and tuck them around and under the hoops, using hand tucking tools.
Assemble and install new pipe organs and pianos in buildings.
Clean, sand, and paint parts of percussion instruments to maintain their condition.
Mix and measure glue that will be used for instrument repair.
Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.
Polish instruments, using rags and polishing compounds, buffing wheels, or burnishing tools.

Related Technology & Tools

Tinners snips
Blowpipes
Flute head mandrels
Punching lifters
Piano tuning pin cranks
Pad cup heaters
Action regulators
Hand planers
Damper rod hooks
Screw extractors
Wood chisels
Sand blasters
Pencil magnets
String height gauges
Cross lock tweezers
Long flat nose pliers
Bore cleaning brushes
Bench motors
Arch punches
Jaw pliers
Key bushing tighteners
Tuning pins
Magnetic scribers
Pin vises
Hand sprayers
Gauged saws
Grand piano jacks
Scissor jacks
Hammer head reamers
Key button jigs
Gram tension gauges
Hammer shank reducers
Deep throat C clamps
Rulers
Capstan regulators
Telescoping gauges
Neck relief gauges
Sharp leveling and key-dip devices
Cold chisels
Razor files
Dent hammers
Key easing tools
Tuning forks
Grand screwdrivers
Cam clamps
Tweezers
Spring punches
Piano regulators
Torque wrenches
Alignment jigs
Mallets
Agraffe removers
Piano tuning pin extractors
Piano key spacers
Drill gauges
Soldering jigs
Understring radius gauges
Seam separation knives
Dent machines
Curved nose scissors
Flat nose pliers
Chemical dip tanks
Tap wrenches
Screw gauges
Top deflection gauges
Hammer angle gauges
Spring cutters
Duck bill pliers
Tuning pin gauges
Purfling cutters
Screw pitch thread gauges
Wire drill gauges
Flute key leveling tools
Fret end dressing files
Neck jigs
Tenon expanders
Guitar humidifiers
Routers
Blow torches
Hand drills
Saddle locating jigs
Bore tools
Leak lights
Butane heaters
Incandescent lamps
Automated sprayers
Die stocks
Heat guns
Fret files
Portable band saws
Tuning levers
Loupes
Allen wrenches
Disc sanders
Bunsen burners
Air hoses
File cleaners
Coil makers
Burnishing rings
Precision spray guns
Pin hole reamers
Chain nose pliers
Gripper truss rod wrenches
Endpin jack wrenches
Pearl cutting saws
String hooks
Pocket truss rod wrenches
Nut drivers
Fret rockers
Refret saws
Thread cutting tools
Tuning wrenches
Glue guns
Fret slot depth gauges
Jack spring hole reamers
Center pin punches
Cross-cut saws
Power drills
Damper spoon benders
Bench anvils
Post drilling jigs
Tubing shrinkers
Sprayer compressors
Power buffers
Gram weights
Socket reamers
Needle files
Violin clamps
Brass mouthpiece brushes
Hand burnishers
Calipers
Damper regulators
Bench oilers
Hammer angle protractors
Bench lathes
Oilers
Regulating gauges
Chamfer tools
Valve mirrors
Belt sanders
Valve lapping machines
Nut files
Adjustable fret slotting saws
Edging clamps
Soldering irons
Nut slotting gauges
Vise grip pliers
Feeler gauge holders
Valve brushes
String action gauges
Bench brushes
Air dusting guns
Digital humidity gauges
Magnetizers
Hex drivers
Countersinks
Hammers
Power sanders
Bending irons
Alcohol lamps
Lost motion regulators
Scraper burnishers
Screwdrivers
Music wire gauges
Rip saws
Bridge pin hole slotting saws
Capstan screw wrenches
Piano tuning pin punches
Spool clamps
Barrel reamers
Diagonal cutters
Clarinet pad leveling tools
Precision oilers
Soundhole clamps
Drill presses
Hammer head borers
Piano leveling devices
Multimeters
Broaches
Curved nose forceps
Hart spring tools
Flute body mandrels
Bracket hex wrenches
Pencil torches
Glue pots
Radius gauges
Arbors
Band clamps
Output jack wrenches
Tuning pin bushing punches
Flute pad irons
Piano stringing hooks
Surface thermometers
Fluorescent lamps
Glue brushes
Pointed awls
Bushing inserters
Height measurement gauges
Hacksaws
String spacing rules
Hammer butt spacers
Felt cutting knives
Telescoping magnetic pickup tools
Tuning pin setters
Spark lighters
Torx drivers
Mag machines
Fingerboard levelers
Tuning hammers
Electronic tuners
Punches
Butt plate inserters
Screw slotters
Wax spoons
Bench blocks
Flute gauges
Alligator forceps
Heat control units
Ball-end hex keys
Regulating screwdrivers
Fingerboard band clamps
String lifters
Soldering clamps
Looping machines
Dial calipers
Japanese fret saws
Felt cutters
Rat tail files
Buffing machines
Soldering clips
Adjustable C clamps
Magnifiers
Heat staking tools
Jack screw regulators
Inspection mirrors
Curved nose pliers
Key dip blocks
Fret dressing sticks
Dollies
Bench grinders
Feeler gauges
Wire cutters
Flange bushing reamers
Flange screwdrivers
Slotted screwdrivers
Hand planes
Micrometers
End cut nippers
Digital tuners
Tone hole cutters

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