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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 “Violin Repairer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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