Repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning.
- Banjo Repair Person
- Brass Instrument Repair Technician
- Fretted String Instrument Repairer
- Guitar Repairer
- Instrument Repair Technician
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- Luthier
- Mandolin Repair Person
- Piano Technician
- Piano Tuner
- Stringed Instrument Repairer
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Calibration Technologists and Technicians |
| 49-2092.00 |
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers |
| 49-9064.00 |
Watch and Clock Repairers |
| 51-2021.00 |
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers |
| 51-2022.00 |
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers 
Bright Outlook
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Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
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Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters |
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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
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Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners |
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- Adjust felt hammers on pianos to increase tonal mellowness or brilliance, using sanding paddles, lacquer, or needles.
- 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.
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- Adjust felt hammers on pianos to increase tonal mellowness or brilliance, using sanding paddles, lacquer, or needles.
- 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 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 of their use.
- 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.
- Wash metal instruments in lacquer-stripping and cyanide solutions to remove lacquer and tarnish.
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- Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
- Adjust tuning or functioning of musical instruments.
- Align equipment or machinery.
- Assemble mechanical components or machine parts.
- Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
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- Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
- Adjust tuning or functioning of musical instruments.
- Align equipment or machinery.
- Assemble mechanical components or machine parts.
- Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
- Cut materials according to specifications or needs.
- Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
- Fabricate parts or components.
- Inspect mechanical equipment to locate damage, defects, or wear.
- Lubricate equipment to allow proper functioning.
- Operate welding equipment.
- Paint surfaces or equipment.
- Prepare compounds or solutions to be used for repairs.
- Reassemble equipment after repair.
- Refinish wood or metal surfaces.
- Remove dents from equipment, materials, tools or structures.
- Remove parts or components from equipment.
- Repair worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
- Replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
- Smooth surfaces of objects or equipment.
- Solder parts or connections between parts.
- Test electrical circuits or components for proper functioning.
- Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- Travel to work sites to perform installation, repair or maintenance work.
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- Army Music (Army - Commissioned Officer only)
- Bandmaster (Coast Guard - Warrant Officer only)
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- Regional Band Craftsman, Clarinet (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Drum Set (Air Force - Enlisted)
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- Army Music (Army - Commissioned Officer only)
- Bandmaster (Coast Guard - Warrant Officer only)
- Basic Musician (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Enlisted Bandleader (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Ensemble Leader (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Instrument Repair Technician (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- LDO - Bandmaster (Navy - Commissioned Officer only)
- Member, "The Commandant's Own," U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Member, The President's Own, United States Marine Band (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician (Coast Guard - Enlisted)
- Musician (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician (Navy - Enlisted)
- Musician, Bassoon (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Clarinet (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Electric Bass (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Euphonium (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Flute/Piccolo (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Guitar (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Horn (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Oboe (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Percussion (Drums, Timpani, Mallets) (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Piano (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Saxophone (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Trombone (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Trumpet (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Tuba/Sousaphone (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Musician, Vocalist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Premier Band - The USAF Band (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Premier Band - The USAF Band Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Premier Band - The USAF Band Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Premier Band - The USAF Band Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Production Manager (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
- Regional Band (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Arranger (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Audio Engineer (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Bassoon (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Clarinet (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Euphonium (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Flute (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Guitar (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Horn (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Instrumentalist, General (Air National Guard Bands) (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Oboe (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Percussion (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Piano (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Saxophone (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, String/Electric Bass (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Trombone (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Trumpet (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Tuba (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Apprentice, Vocalist (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Arranger (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Audio Engineer (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Bassoon (Air Force - Enlisted)
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- Regional Band Craftsman, Clarinet (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Drum Set (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Euphonium (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Flute (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Guitar (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Horn (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Instrumentalist, General (Air National Guard Bands) (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Oboe (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Percussion (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Piano (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Saxophone (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, String/Electric Bass (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Trombone (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Trumpet (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Tuba (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Craftsman, Vocalist (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Arranger (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Audio Engineer (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Bassoon (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Clarinet (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Euphonium (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Flute (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Guitar (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Horn (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Instrumentalist, General (Air National Guard Bands) (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Jazz Trumpet (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Oboe (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Percussion (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Piano (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Saxophone (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, String/Electric Bass (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Trombone (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Trumpet (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Tuba (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Helper, Vocalist (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Arranger (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Audio Engineer (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Bassoon (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Clarinet (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Euphonium (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Flute (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Guitar (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Horn (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Instrumentalist, General (Air National Guard Bands) (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Oboe (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Percussion (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Piano (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Saxophone (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, String/Electric Bass (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Trombone (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Trumpet (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Tuba (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Journeyman, Vocalist (Air Force - Enlisted)
- Regional Band Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
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- Fretted Instrument Repairer
- Piano Technician
- Piano Tuner
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- Pipe Organ Tuner & Repair
- Wind Instrument Repairer
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- Accordion Repairer
- Accordion Tuner
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- Piano Regulator-Inspector
- Piano Technician
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- Accordion Repairer
- Accordion Tuner
- Bow Rehairer
- Chip Tuner
- Fretted-Instrument Repairer
- Harp Regulator
- Metal-Reed Tuner
- Organ-Pipe Voicer
- Percussion-Instrument Repairer
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- Piano Regulator-Inspector
- Piano Technician
- Piano Tuner
- Pipe-Organ Tuner and Repairer
- Tone Regulator
- Tuner, Percussion
- Violin Repairer
- Wind-Instrument Repairer
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