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Musical Instrument Repairers & Tuners

What do they do?

Repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning.

Education Required

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

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What Does This Job Pay?
Median Annual Salary: $42,800
Median Hourly Salary: $21
$29,330
$42,800
$63,970
One out of ten earn less than $29,330
The median salary is $42,800
One out of ten earn more than $63,970
Top Skills For This Job
  • Basic Skills
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Talking to others
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Reading work related information
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Looking for ways to help people
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Problem Solving
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Talking to others
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Reading work related information
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Looking for ways to help people
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Will There Be Jobs?

New job opportunities are very likely in the future.

Typical Daily Tasks
  • 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.