How do they match: Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

  • Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

  • Metal Reed Tuner
  • Brass and Wind Instrument Repairer
  • Pipe Organ Tuner and Repairer

  • Remove dents and burrs from metal instruments, using mallets and burnishing tools.
  • Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.
  • Solder or weld frames of mallet instruments and metal drum parts.
  • Strike wood, fiberglass, or metal bars of instruments, and use tuned blocks, stroboscopes, or electronic tuners to evaluate tones made by instruments.
  • Wash metal instruments in lacquer-stripping and cyanide solutions to remove lacquer and tarnish.

  • Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
  • Refinish wood or metal surfaces.
  • Travel to work sites to perform installation, repair or maintenance work.