How do they match: Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

  • Assemble and install new pipe organs and pianos in buildings.
  • Assemble bars onto percussion instruments.
  • Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.
  • Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools.
  • Strike wood, fiberglass, or metal bars of instruments, and use tuned blocks, stroboscopes, or electronic tuners to evaluate tones made by instruments.
  • Test tubes and pickups in electronic amplifier units, and solder parts and connections as necessary.

  • Assemble mechanical components or machine parts.
  • Fabricate parts or components.
  • Remove parts or components from equipment.
  • Test electrical circuits or components for proper functioning.