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 irregularities from tuning pins, strings, and hammers of pianos, using wood blocks or filing tools.
  • Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.
  • Strike wood, fiberglass, or metal bars of instruments, and use tuned blocks, stroboscopes, or electronic tuners to evaluate tones made by instruments.

  • Cut materials according to specifications or needs.
  • Refinish wood or metal surfaces.