How do they match: Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

  • Cut new drumheads from animal skins, using scissors, and soak drumheads in water to make them pliable.
  • Cut out sections around cracks on percussion instruments to prevent cracks from advancing, using shears or grinding wheels.
  • Make wood replacement parts, using woodworking machines and hand tools.
  • Remove drumheads by removing tension rods with drum keys and cutting tools.
  • Remove material from bars of percussion instruments to obtain specified tones, using bandsaws, sanding machines, machine grinders, or hand files and scrapers.
  • Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.
  • Shape old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathes, or soldering irons.

  • Operate welding equipment.
  • Cut materials according to specifications or needs.
  • Align equipment or machinery.
  • Assemble mechanical components or machine parts.