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Piano Technician

DOT Code: 730.281-038

Industry: any industry

Repairs, refinishes, and tunes pianos, using specialized tools and gauges: Tests components, such as keyboard, pedals, and action assembly, using special tools and gauges. Levels keys by inserting paper shims. Detaches action mechanism and replaces faulty, worn, or broken parts, such as hammers, shanks, and joint connections. Aligns hammers and turns screws to adjust striking action of keys [Piano Regulator-Inspector (musical inst.)]. Replaces broken or missing strings [Piano Stringer (musical inst.)]. Tunes strings, using tuning hammer and fork [Piano Tuner (any industry)]. Examines wooden parts for splits, warps, and other defects. Repairs, replaces, resurfaces, and refinishes wooden parts.

GOE: 05.05.12 STRENGTH: M GED: R3 M2 L2 SVP: 7 DLU: 77