Musical Instrument Repairers & Tuners

Also called: Banjo Repair Person, Luthier, Piano Technician

Career Cluster: Manufacturing
What they do:
Repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning.
On the job, you would:
  • Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
  • Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.
  • Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary.
KNOWLEDGE

Engineering and Technology
  • mechanical
Arts and Humanities
  • music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
  • English language
Business
  • customer service
SKILLS

Basic Skills
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Hand and Finger Use
  • hold or move items with your hands
  • keep your arm or hand steady
Hearing and Speech
  • tell the difference between sounds
  • pay attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds
Ideas and Logic
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • use rules to solve problems
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Persistence
  • Independence
  • Achievement/Effort
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Analytical or scientific software
  • Katsura Shareware KS Strobe Tuner
  • Veritune Verituner
EDUCATION


certificate after high school or high school diploma/GED
usually needed
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JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $63,970.00
Median: $42,800.00
Low: $29,330.00
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