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Musical Instrument Makers and Tuners

Musical instrument makers and tuners make, assemble, repair, adjust and restore musical instruments and tune them to the required pitch with hand or power tools. They usually specialize in one type of instrument, such as stringed instruments, brass instruments, reed instruments, pianos, or percussion instruments.

7 Craft and Related Trades Workers / 73 Handicraft and Printing Workers / 731 Handicraft Workers / All level 4

// Working conditions

ChemicalsNoise

// Hand tools

  1. 1General Hand Tool Operation
  2. 2Pliers and Wire Cutters
  3. 3Screwdrivers

fabricating and assembling musical instruments and instrument parts of wood, ebonite, metal, leather and other materials

repairing or replacing musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts and keys, using hand and power tools

playing and inspecting instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects

adjusting string tensions to achieve proper tone or pitch of stringed instruments

adjusting lips, reeds or toe hole of organ pipes, using hand tools, to regulate airflow and loudness of sound

tuning and servicing pipe organs by adjusting pitch of organ A pipes to conform with pitch of tuning fork and adjusting pitch of other pipes with reference to pitch of tuned pipes

installing new drumheads in percussion instruments

tuning accordions by aurally comparing pitch of reeds with master reeds and filing reeds to obtain standard pitch

aligning pads and keys on reed or wind instruments

tuning percussion instruments to required pitch by tightening or loosening cords holding leather pieces fixed atop or at both ends of instrument

assembling and installing new pipe organs and pianos in buildings.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Brass instrument repairer
- Piano tuner
- Stringed instrument maker
- Woodwind instrument maker

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