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Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

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work_installation_repair/musical_instrument_repairers_and_tuners

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Children

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Child Nodes (24)

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Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.

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Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.

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Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.

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Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.

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Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools.

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Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary.

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Inspect instruments to locate defects, and to determine their value or the level of restoration required.

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Shape old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathes, or soldering irons.

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String instruments, and adjust trusses and bridges of instruments to obtain specified string tensions and heights.

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Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.

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Polish instruments, using rags and polishing compounds, buffing wheels, or burnishing tools.

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Mix and measure glue that will be used for instrument repair.

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Align pads and keys on reed or wind instruments.

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Solder posts and parts to hold them in their proper places.

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Remove dents and burrs from metal instruments, using mallets and burnishing tools.

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Adjust felt hammers on pianos to increase tonal mellowness or brilliance, using sanding paddles, lacquer, or needles.

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Remove irregularities from tuning pins, strings, and hammers of pianos, using wood blocks or filing tools.

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Strike wood, fiberglass, or metal bars of instruments, and use tuned blocks, stroboscopes, or electronic tuners to evaluate tones made by instruments.

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Make wood replacement parts, using woodworking machines and hand tools.

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Refinish instruments to protect and decorate them, using hand tools, buffing tools, and varnish.

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Assemble and install new pipe organs and pianos in buildings.

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Deliver pianos to purchasers or to locations of their use.

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Wash metal instruments in lacquer-stripping and cyanide solutions to remove lacquer and tarnish.

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Refinish and polish piano cabinets or cases to prepare them for sale.