Reed or Wind Instrument Repairers and Tuners

Repair, adjust, refinish, and tune musical reed and wind instruments.

Job Task

• Disassembles instrument parts, such as keys, pistons, and other parts, to tune or repair, using gas torch and hand tools.
• Washes metal instruments in lacquer-stripping and cyanide solution to remove lacquer and tarnish.
• Polishes instrument, using rag and polishing compound, buffing wheel, or burnishing tool.
• Compares pitch of reed with pitch of tuning bar.
• Operates bellows to sound metal reed and ascertain its pitch.
• Replaces worn pads and springs, using hand tools.
• Lubricates and reassembles instrument, using hand tools and soldering iron or torch.
• Inspects mechanical parts of instrument to determine defects.
• Shapes old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathe, or soldering iron.
• Removes dents and burrs from metal instruments, using mallet and burnishing tool.
• Files reed until pitch corresponds with standard pitch of tuning bar.
• Repairs cracks in wood or metal instruments, using wire, lathe, filler, clamps, or soldering iron.

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