Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

What Does a Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners Do?

Repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.
• 2Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.
• 3Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
• 4Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.
• 5Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools.
• 6Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary.
• 7Inspect instruments to locate defects, and to determine their value or the level of restoration required.
• 8Shape old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathes, or soldering irons.

Required Skills

• Quality Control Analysis
• Troubleshooting
• Repairing
• Critical Thinking
• Katsura Shareware KS Strobe Tuner
• Katsura Shareware ProLevel
• Katsura Shareware SoundFrames
• Mensurix Audio
• Reyburn CyberTuner
• TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome
• Tunable Instrument Tuner
• TuneLab
• Tunic OnlyPure
• Veritune Verituner