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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 “Pipe Organ Tuner and Repairer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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