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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 “Reed or Wind Instrument Tuner”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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