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| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Align pads and keys on reed or wind instruments. | 98% |
| Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices. | 97% |
| Solder posts and parts to hold them in their proper places. | 96% |
| Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments. | 94% |
| Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects. | 93% |
| Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools. | 92% |
| Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment. | 92% |
| Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary. | 90% |
| Remove dents and burrs from metal instruments, using mallets and burnishing tools. | 86% |
| Adjust felt hammers on pianos to increase tonal mellowness or brilliance, using sanding paddles, lacquer, or needles. | 85% |
| Inspect instruments to locate defects, and to determine their value or the level of restoration required. | 85% |
| Remove irregularities from tuning pins, strings, and hammers of pianos, using wood blocks or filing tools. | 83% |
| Shape old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathes, or soldering irons. | 82% |
| Strike wood, fiberglass, or metal bars of instruments, and use tuned blocks, stroboscopes, or electronic tuners to evaluate tones made by instruments. | 80% |
| String instruments, and adjust trusses and bridges of instruments to obtain specified string tensions and heights. | 80% |
| Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons. | 78% |
| Polish instruments, using rags and polishing compounds, buffing wheels, or burnishing tools. | 75% |
| Mix and measure glue that will be used for instrument repair. | 74% |
| Make wood replacement parts, using woodworking machines and hand tools. | 68% |
| Refinish instruments to protect and decorate them, using hand tools, buffing tools, and varnish. | 61% |
| Assemble and install new pipe organs and pianos in buildings. | 55% |
| Deliver pianos to purchasers or to locations of their use. | 51% |
| Wash metal instruments in lacquer-stripping and cyanide solutions to remove lacquer and tarnish. | 48% |
| Refinish and polish piano cabinets or cases to prepare them for sale. | 45% |