Musical instrument technicians maintain, tune and repair musical instruments such as pianos, pipe organs, band instruments, violins and other instruments.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Fabricating and assembling musical instruments and instrument parts of wood, ebonite, metal, leather and other materials;
(b) Repairing or replacing musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts and keys, using hand and power tools;
(c) Playing and inspecting instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects;
(d) Adjusting string tensions to achieve proper tone or pitch of stringed instruments;
(e) Adjusting lips, reeds or toe hole of organ pipes, using hand tools, to regulate airflow and loudness of sound;
(f) 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 reference to pitch of tuned pipes;
(g) Installing new drumheads in percussion instruments;
(h) Tuning accordions by aurally comparing pitch of reeds with master reeds and filing reeds to obtain standard pitch;
(i) Aligning pads and keys on reed or wind instruments;
(j) Tuning percussion instruments to required pitch by tightening or loosening cords holding leather pieces fixed atop or at both ends of instrument;
(k) Assembling and installing new pipe organs and pianos in buildings.