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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 “Banjo Repairer”

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

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Feeler gauges
Tuning pin bushing punches
Rip saws
Tuning pins
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Air dusting guns
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Feeler gauge holders
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Screw pitch thread gauges
Radius gauges
Telescoping gauges
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