Musical Instrument Maker or Repairer

Specialisations: Musical Instrument Tuner, Piano Tuner

• Assembling and installing new pipe organs and pianos in buildings
• Installing new drumheads in percussion instruments
• Fabricating and assembling musical instruments and instrument parts of wood, ebonite, metal, leather and other materials
• Repairing or replacing musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools
• Playing and inspecting instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects
• Adjusting lips, reeds, or toe hole of organ pipes, using hand tools, to regulate airflow and loudness of sound
• Tuning percussion instruments to required pitch by tightening or loosening cords holding leather pieces fixed at top or at both ends of instrument
• Aligning pads and keys on reed or wind instruments
• Tuning accordions by aurally comparing pitch of reeds with master reeds and filing reeds to obtain standard pitch
• Adjusting string tensions to achieve proper tone or pitch of stringed instruments
• Tuning and servicing pipe organs by adjusting pitch of organ A pipes to conform with pitch of tuning fork and adjusting pitch of other pipes with references to pitch of tuned pipes