How do they match: Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

  • Clean, sand, and paint parts of percussion instruments to maintain their condition.
  • Place rim hoops back onto drum shells to allow new drumheads to dry and become taut.
  • 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.

  • Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.