Musical Instrument Repairers & Tuners

Also Called: Banjo Repair Person, Luthier, Piano Technician, Piano Tuner

Certificate After High School

usually needed

Not Available
(Students Only)
Match Percentage

$29,330

Entry Salary

Below Average

Job outlook

What Musical Instrument Repairers & Tuners do

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

  • 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.
Industry Areas:

Automotive & Machine Repair • Construction

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Work Context

  • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
  • Telephone
  • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
  • Electronic Mail
  • Face-to-Face Discussions

Tools

  • Specialty wrenches
  • Hand clamps
  • Hand reamer
  • Height gauges
  • Levels

Technology

Analytical or scientific software
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Veritune Verituner

The Education & Training You Need

Skills

  • Repairing
  • Troubleshooting
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Critical Thinking
  • Judgment and Decision Making

Knowledge

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

Education

  • 43% Post-secondary certificate
  • 36% High school diploma or equivalent
  • 11% Associate's degree

Experience

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

What are some related occupations at different educational levels?


Job Training Match

Home Appliance Repairers

Educational Level

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Musical Instrument Repairers & Tuners Currently Selected

Educational Level

Post-secondary, non-degree

 Job Training Match

Craft Artists

Educational Level

Associate's Degree

Mechanical Engineers

Educational Level

Bachelor's Degree

Educational Level

Advanced Degree

What are your training options on the pathway to this occupation?

Advanced Training

There are currently no advanced training opportunities for this career.

ACT & College

  • Albany Technical College

    Albany, GA

  • Altamaha Technical College

    Jesup, GA

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Are You a Good Fit?

Occupation Traits

    • Artistic (Creator)
    • Investigative (Thinker)
    • Realistic (Doer)

Work Styles

  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Persistence
  • Independence
  • Achievement/Effort

Values

  • Independence
  • Achievement
  • Working Conditions

Abilities

  • Hand and Finger Use
  • Ideas and Logic
  • Hearing and Speech
  • Verbal

This is what Musical Instrument Repairers & Tuners across the country typically make.

$14.10 / hour
$29,330 /year

Entry Level

$20.58 / hour
$42,800 /year

Median Level

$30.75 / hour
$63,970 /year

Experienced Level

Income information reflects a regional average.
Income information reflects a national average.

This career’s National Job Outlook is

Below Average

Please be sure to verify the outlook of this occupation with your instructor.

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