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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 “Fabrication Technician”

Make wood replacement parts, using woodworking machines and hand tools.
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.
File metal reeds until their pitches correspond with standard tuning bar pitches.
Replace xylophone bars and wheels.
Remove drumheads by removing tension rods with drum keys and cutting tools.
Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
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.
Assemble bars onto percussion instruments.
Solder posts and parts to hold them in their proper places.
Refinish and polish piano cabinets or cases to prepare them for sale.
Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.
Place rim hoops back onto drum shells to allow new drumheads to dry and become taut.
Solder or weld frames of mallet instruments and metal drum parts.
String instruments, and adjust trusses and bridges of instruments to obtain specified string tensions and heights.
Wash metal instruments in lacquer-stripping and cyanide solutions to remove lacquer and tarnish.
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.
Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.
Deliver pianos to purchasers or to locations of their use.
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.
Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools.
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 irregularities from tuning pins, strings, and hammers of pianos, using wood blocks or filing tools.
Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.
Polish instruments, using rags and polishing compounds, buffing wheels, or burnishing tools.
Strike wood, fiberglass, or metal bars of instruments, and use tuned blocks, stroboscopes, or electronic tuners to evaluate tones made by instruments.
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.
Cut out sections around cracks on percussion instruments to prevent cracks from advancing, using shears or grinding wheels.
Adjust felt hammers on pianos to increase tonal mellowness or brilliance, using sanding paddles, lacquer, or needles.
Remove dents and burrs from metal instruments, using mallets and burnishing tools.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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