Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Refinish and polish piano cabinets or cases to prepare them for sale.
2. 02Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.
3. 03Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.
4. 04Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
5. 05Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.
6. 06Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools.
7. 07Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary.
8. 08Inspect instruments to locate defects, and to determine their value or the level of restoration required.
9. 09Shape old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathes, or soldering irons.
10. 10String instruments, and adjust trusses and bridges of instruments to obtain specified string tensions and heights.
11. 11Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.
12. 12Polish instruments, using rags and polishing compounds, buffing wheels, or burnishing tools.

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