Piano tuner

Musical instrument makers and tuners make, assemble, repair and restore musical instruments and tune them to the desired pitch by hand or with electrical instruments. They usually specialise in a particular type of instrument, such as pianos, stringed, brass, woodwind or percussion instruments.

• making and assembling musical instruments and their parts from wood, ebonite, metal, leather and other materials;
• repairing or replacing parts of musical instruments such as strings, keys and others using hand or power tools;
• playing or testing instruments to assess sound quality and detect any defects;
• adjusting string tension to achieve correct pitch on stringed instruments;
• adjusting mouthpieces, reeds and pedal openings of organs using hand tools to regulate airflow and volume;
• tuning and adjusting the pitch of organ pipes using tuning forks;
• fitting new skins to percussion instruments;
• tuning accordions to the required pitch;
• levelling pads and keys of woodwind instruments;
• tuning percussion instruments to the required pitch by tightening or loosening the cords holding the skins at both ends of the instrument;
• assembling and installing organs and pianos in buildings.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Maker, stringed musical instruments
• Maker, drums and other percussion instruments
• Maker, wind musical instruments (excluding brass and woodwind)
• Maker, woodwind musical instruments
• Maker, brass wind musical instruments
• Voicer, musical instruments
• Tuner
• Worker, musical instrument repair