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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 “Organ Installer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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