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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 “Mandolin Repair Person”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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