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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 “Piano Mechanic”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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