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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 “Metal Reed Tuner”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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