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

• Accordion Repairer
• Accordion Tuner
• Bow Rehairer
• Chip Tuner
• Fretted-Instrument Repairer
• Harp Regulator
• Metal-Reed Tuner
• Organ-Pipe Voicer
• Percussion-Instrument Repairer
• Piano Regulator-Inspector
• Piano Technician
• Piano Tuner
• Pipe-Organ Tuner and Repairer
• Tone Regulator
• Tuner, Percussion
• Violin Repairer
• Wind-Instrument Repairer

• Adjust felt hammers on pianos to increase tonal mellowness or brilliance, using sanding paddles, lacquer, or needles.
• Adjust lips, reeds, or toe holes of organ pipes to regulate airflow and loudness of sound, using hand tools.
• Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.
• Align pads and keys on reed or wind instruments.
• Assemble and install new pipe organs and pianos in buildings.
• Assemble bars onto percussion instruments.
• Clean, sand, and paint parts of percussion instruments to maintain their condition.
• Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches in order to tune instruments.
• 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.
• Deliver pianos to purchasers or to locations where they are to be used.
• Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.
• File metal reeds until their pitches correspond with standard tuning bar pitches.
• Inspect instruments to locate defects, and to determine their value or the level of restoration required.
• Make wood replacement parts, using woodworking machines and hand tools.
• Mix and measure glue that will be used for instrument repair.
• Place rim hoops back onto drum shells to allow new drumheads to dry and become taut.
• Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
• Polish instruments, using rags and polishing compounds, buffing wheels, or burnishing tools.
• Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary.
• Refinish and polish piano cabinets or cases to prepare them for sale.
• Refinish instruments to protect and decorate them, using hand tools, buffing tools, and varnish.
• Remove dents and burrs from metal instruments, using mallets and burnishing 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.
• Remove material from bars of percussion instruments to obtain specified tones, using bandsaws, sanding machines, machine grinders, or hand files and scrapers.
• Repair breaks in percussion instruments such as drums and cymbals, using drill presses, power saws, glue, clamps, grinding wheels, or other hand tools.
• Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.
• Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools.
• Replace xylophone bars and wheels.
• Shape old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathes, or soldering irons.
• Solder or weld frames of mallet instruments and metal drum parts.
• Solder posts and parts to hold them in their proper places.
• Stretch drumheads over rim hoops and tuck them around and under the hoops, using hand tucking tools.
• Strike wood, fiberglass, or metal bars of instruments, and use tuned blocks, stroboscopes, or electronic tuners to evaluate tones made by instruments.
• String instruments, and adjust trusses and bridges of instruments to obtain specified string tensions and heights.
• Test tubes and pickups in electronic amplifier units, and solder parts and connections as necessary.
• Travel to locations such as churches and concert halls to work on pipe-organs.
• Wash metal instruments in lacquer-stripping and cyanide solutions in order to remove lacquer and tarnish.

• adjust functioning of musical instrument components
• apply cleaning solvents
• compare musical pitch
• compare pitch of musical instrument with specified pitch of tuning tool
• cut, shape, fit, or join wood or other construction materials
• estimate time or cost for installation, repair, or construction projects
• fabricate, assemble, or disassemble manufactured products by hand
• finish or refinish floor, furniture, or related wood surfaces
• hand carve objects from stone or other materials
• inspect musical instruments or instrument parts to determine defects
• operate lathes
• read blueprints
• read specifications
• repair or replace worn or damaged musical instrument parts
• solder electrical or electronic connections or components
• test electrical/electronic wiring, equipment, systems or fixtures
• test electronic or electrical circuit connections
• test manufactured products or materials
• tune musical instruments
• use electrical or electronic test devices or equipment
• use electronic calibration devices
• use hand or power tools
• use hand or power woodworking tools
• use oral or written communication techniques
• use precision measuring tools or equipment
• use soldering equipment
• use voltmeter, ammeter, or ohmmeter