Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
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Life As a Musical Instrument Repairer or TunerOccupation Description Repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning.A Day in the Life of a Musical Instrument Repairer or TunerAdjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.Clean, sand, and paint parts of percussion instruments to maintain their condition.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.Remove material from bars of percussion instruments to obtain specified tones, using bandsaws, sanding machines, machine grinders, or hand files and scrapers.Cut new drumheads from animal skins, using scissors, and soak drumheads in water to make them pliable.What Skills Do You Need to Work as a Musical Instrument Repairer or Tuner?Below is a list of the skills most Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners say are important on the job.Repairing: Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.Related Job TitlesViolin MechanicPipe Organ Tuner and RepairerLuthierTunerHow Much Does a Musical Instrument Repairer or Tuner Make?Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners make between $22,700 and $59,020 a year.Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners who work in New Mexico, Vermont, or New Jersey, make the highest salaries.#J-18808-Ljbffr