Repairs percussion instruments, such as drums, cymbals, and xylophones

removes drum tension rod screws and rods by hand or using drum key. Lifts rim hoop from drum shell and cuts drumhead from hoop. Cuts new drumhead from animal skin, using scissors.... [+] More

Repairs percussion instruments, such as drums, cymbals, and xylophones

removes drum tension rod screws and rods by hand or using drum key. Lifts rim hoop from drum shell and cuts drumhead from hoop. Cuts new drumhead from animal skin, using scissors. Soaks skin in water until it becomes pliable. Stretches skin over rim hoop and tucks it around and under hoop, using hand tucking tool. Reclamps rim hoop onto drum shell to allow drumhead to dry and become taut. Cuts out section around break in drum shells, and cuts new piece to fit, using power saw and handtools. Glues and clamps new piece in place. Removes dents in tympani, using steel-hitting block. Operates drill press or hand power drill to drill hole at inside end of crack in cymbal, gong, or similar instruments to prevent advance of crack, and cuts out section around crack, using shears or grinding wheel. Repairs bass drum and tympani foot mechanisms, and replaces percussion instrument hardware, such as tension rods and rim hoops, and xylophone and marimba bars and wheels as needed, using handtools. Performs other duties, such as sanding, painting, and cleaning drum shells, and regluing simulated pearl onto shells. May solder or weld frames of mallet instruments and metal drum parts. May lay out and shape laminated wood, and apply decorative trim to fabricate drum shells, using handtools, machine tools, blueprints, and shop drawings, and be designated drum-shell maker. [-] Less

Sells technical... [+] More

Sells technical instruments for measuring, testing, analyzing, and controlling, such as optical instruments and lenses, surveying and drafting instruments, meteorological and geophysical equipment, navigation instruments, and non-medical laboratory apparatus, to new or existing wholesale customers in assigned area or territory. Creates prospect list and gets new accounts. Contacts and interacts directly with new and existing wholesale customers or clients to explain features and merits of products offered, utilizing persuasive sales techniques.

Demonstrates use of technical instruments and emphasizes the best applications and saleable features. Answers all questions concerning technical instruments, with appropriate referrals where required. Calculates and quotes prices. Analyzes and determines customers’ needs and recommends appropriate technical instruments to meet those needs. Prepares forms or agreements, closes transactions, and secures sales. Establishes professional customer relationships with appropriate customer personnel. Submits time and expense reports to management. Investigates product warranty claims to ensure resolution within organization policies. Analyzes and interprets records of present and past sales, trends and costs, estimated and realized revenue, administrative commitments, and obligations incurred for management. Keeps informed of new products and product changes that might affect product sales. Keeps informed of company contract procedures and product prices. May work with company technical engineering and/or manufacturing support and services to ascertain and meet customers' needs. [-] Less

Repairs, installs, maintains, and adjusts indicating, recording, telemetering, and controlling instruments and test equipment used to control and measure variables, such as pressure, flow, temperature, motion, force, and chemical composition, using precision instruments and hand tools.

Disassembles malfunctioning instruments or test... [+] More

Repairs, installs, maintains, and adjusts indicating, recording, telemetering, and controlling instruments and test equipment used to control and measure variables, such as pressure, flow, temperature, motion, force, and chemical composition, using precision instruments and hand tools.

Disassembles malfunctioning instruments or test equipment, such as bar graphs, electrical ovens, multimeters, environmental cabinets, and weatherometers, and examines and tests mechanisms and circuitry for defects. Replaces or repairs defective parts, using hand tools. Reassembles instrument or test equipment, and tests assembly for conformance to specifications, using instruments, such as potentiometer, resistance bridge, manometer, and pressure gauge. Inspects instruments and test equipment periodically and adjusts calibration to ensure functioning within specified standards. May calibrate instruments or test equipment according to established standards. [-] Less

Inspects, tests, adjusts, and repairs electric, electronic, mechanical, and pneumatic instruments and systems. Detects abnormal fluctuations upon inspecting meters, indicators, and gauges. Tests accuracy of flow meters, pressure gauges, temperature indicators, controllers, radiation counters or detectors, and other recordings indicating... [+] More

Inspects, tests, adjusts, and repairs electric, electronic, mechanical, and pneumatic instruments and systems. Detects abnormal fluctuations upon inspecting meters, indicators, and gauges. Tests accuracy of flow meters, pressure gauges, temperature indicators, controllers, radiation counters or detectors, and other recordings indicating or controlling instruments to locate defective components in system, using test equipment, such as pressure gauges, mercury manometers, potentiometers, pulse and signal generators, oscilloscopes, transistor curve tracers, ammeters, voltmeters, and watt meters.

Traces out and tests electronic solid state and vacuum tube circuitry and components to locate defective parts in analog and digital, protection, or radiation monitoring systems, using test equipment, schematics, and maintenance manuals. Removes defective instruments from system, decontaminates, disassembles, and cleans instruments, and replaces defective parts, using hand tools. Reassembles instruments and replaces instruments in system, using hand tools. Lubricates instruments and replaces defective wiring and tubing. Calibrates readings on instruments according to standards and adjusts phasing and aligns stages to ensure accuracy of recording and indicating function. Records calibrations made, parts and components used, and inventory of parts on hand. Prepares schematic drawings, sketches, and reports to reflect changes or alterations made in instruments, circuits, and systems. [-] Less

Repairs, cleans, and alters brasswind and woodwind musical instruments

inspects instrument, moves mechanical parts, or plays scale to determine defects. Unscrews and removes rod pins, keys, pistons, and other parts. Removes soldered parts, using gas torch. Reshapes parts, using handtools. Removes... [+] More

Repairs, cleans, and alters brasswind and woodwind musical instruments

inspects instrument, moves mechanical parts, or plays scale to determine defects. Unscrews and removes rod pins, keys, pistons, and other parts. Removes soldered parts, using gas torch. Reshapes parts, using handtools. Removes dents, using mallet or burnishing tool. Fills cracks in wood instruments, using either of following methods. (1) inserts pinning wire into crack and covers wire with filler. (2) operates lathe to cut groove around cracks, applies filler, and clamps retaining band into groove, using hand-operated press. Solders patches over cracks in brass instruments, using silver solder, and files patched area to contour of instrument. Resolders parts, using silver or soft solder. Operates lathe to cut off end of metal tubing, or solders attachments onto tubing to improve instrument's tone or intonation. Washes metal in lacquer-stripping solution and cyanide solution to remove lacquer coating and tarnish. Removes burrs from instrument valves, using scraping tool. Laps valves and pistons so they move freely. Heats key cups to melt shellac and removes pads. Polishes instruments, using rag and polishing compound, buffing wheel, or burnishing tool. Glues new pads and cork pieces on key cups, using hot shellac. Bends and cuts replacement springs and screws them into place. May be designated according to type of instrument repaired as brasswind-instrument repairer; woodwind-instrument repairer. [-] Less

Repairs, calibrates, and tests instruments, such as voltmeters, ammeters, resistance bridges, galvanometers, temperature bridges, and temperature controlling and recording gauges and instruments, using jewelers' tools, electricians' tools, hand tools, and measuring instruments.

Tests instruments for resistance, voltage, and other characteristics, using... [+] More

Repairs, calibrates, and tests instruments, such as voltmeters, ammeters, resistance bridges, galvanometers, temperature bridges, and temperature controlling and recording gauges and instruments, using jewelers' tools, electricians' tools, hand tools, and measuring instruments.

Tests instruments for resistance, voltage, and other characteristics, using potentiometer, voltage divider, and other testing devices. Disassembles instruments, using hand tools, and examines parts for defects. Measures, cuts, and fits glass for meters and instruments, using glass cutter. Repairs or replaces defective parts of instruments, using hand tools, soldering equipment, grinders, calipers, micrometers, and dividers. Reassembles instruments, following circuit diagrams and using jewelers' tools. Tests new and repaired instruments, using test board. May operate lathe and drill press to make replacement parts. May plan, construct, and assemble test panels for experimental and production testing. May keep records on repair and calibration of instruments. May rebuild induction cores for electric furnaces. May install, repair, and adjust electronically controlled dynamometers. [-] Less

Constructs fretted musical instruments, such as banjos, guitars, and mandolins, by hand, applying knowledge of wood properties and instrument design and construction. Cuts, shapes, and assembles wooden fretted instruments or prepares and operates a variety of woodworking machines, such as... [+] More

Constructs fretted musical instruments, such as banjos, guitars, and mandolins, by hand, applying knowledge of wood properties and instrument design and construction. Cuts, shapes, and assembles wooden fretted instruments or prepares and operates a variety of woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, and mortisers to surface, cut, or shape lumber or to fabricate parts for the instruments.

May construct bowed instruments, such as violins or cellos. May repair bowed instruments, such as violins or cellos. May repair fretted instruments. [-] Less

Repairs fretted musical instruments, such as banjos, guitars, mandolins, and ukuleles, using hand tools. Inspects and plays instrument to determine defects.

Disassembles instrument, using hand tools. Removes, replaces, and dresses/levels frets, using hand tools. Fits wood and metal replacement parts. Reassembles... [+] More

Repairs fretted musical instruments, such as banjos, guitars, mandolins, and ukuleles, using hand tools. Inspects and plays instrument to determine defects.

Disassembles instrument, using hand tools. Removes, replaces, and dresses/levels frets, using hand tools. Fits wood and metal replacement parts. Reassembles and strings instrument. Adjusts truss rod and bridge to position neck and strings. Plays notes and chords and adjusts string tension to tune instrument. Replaces skin or plastic heads of banjos. Tests and replaces tubes, replaces defective parts, and solders new parts and loose connections on amplifiers, reverberation units, and pickups of electrically amplified instruments. May repair wood bodies or carve wood replacement parts. [-] Less

Inspects measuring,... [+] More

Inspects measuring, indicating, and controlling instruments, such as speedometers, sequence timers, and thermostats, and component parts, for conformance to specifications. Examines components and housings for specified characteristics, such as smoothness and centering of holes, or defects, such as scratches and chips. Measures instrument parts and verifies conformance to blueprint specifications, using measuring devices, such as ruler, thread gauge, micrometer, and dial indicator.

May use microscope to inspect bearings or other component parts. May test functional performance of instrument, using test equipment. May write inspection reports concerning defective parts and assemblies. [-] Less

Fabricates, alters, or repairs mechanical instruments or mechanical assemblies of electrical or electronic instruments, such as chronometric timing devices, barographs, thermostats, seismographs, and servomechanisms, applying knowledge of mechanics, metal properties, shop mathematics, and machining procedures and using machine tools, welding... [+] More

Fabricates, alters, or repairs mechanical instruments or mechanical assemblies of electrical or electronic instruments, such as chronometric timing devices, barographs, thermostats, seismographs, and servomechanisms, applying knowledge of mechanics, metal properties, shop mathematics, and machining procedures and using machine tools, welding and heat-treating equipment, precision measuring instruments, and hand tools.

Measures, marks, and scribes stock, such as silver, nickel, platinum, steel, ivory, and plastic, following blueprints and engineering sketches, and using square, rule, and scribe to lay out work piece for machining. Sets up and operates machine tools, such as lathes, drill presses, punch presses, milling machines, grinders, brakes, and lapping and polishing machines, to machine parts to specifications. Anneals and tempers metal parts. Assembles parts in jig and brazes or welds. Fits and installs precision components, such as timing devices, springs, balance mechanisms, and gear trains, in housing, using jeweler's lathe, tweezers, loupe, and hand tools. Verifies dimensions of parts and installation of components, using measuring instruments, such as micrometer, calipers, and electronic gauges. Coats assembled instrument with protective finish, such as lacquer or enamel, using spray gun. May install wiring and electrical components to specifications. May set up and operate machines to fabricate dies for punch presses. May be designated according to product assembled. [-] Less