Repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning.
<ul><li>Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.</li><li>Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.</li><li>Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary.</li><li>Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.</li><li>Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools.</li><li>Inspect instruments to locate defects, and to determine their value or the level of restoration required.</li><li>Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.</li><li>String instruments, and adjust trusses and bridges of instruments to obtain specified string tensions and heights.</li><li>Polish instruments, using rags and polishing compounds, buffing wheels, or burnishing tools.</li><li>Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.</li><li>Shape old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathes, or soldering irons.</li><li>Mix and measure glue that will be used for instrument repair.</li><li>Refinish instruments to protect and decorate them, using hand tools, buffing tools, and varnish.</li><li>Make wood replacement parts, using woodworking machines and hand tools.</li></ul>