Job Description:

• 1) Tunes metal reeds of musical instruments to standard pitch: Dismantles instrument and removes reed blocks, using handtools.

• 2) Positions reed block over orifice in testing stand and actuates hand-or foot-operated bellows to sound reed.

• 3) Strikes tuning bar and compares pitch of reed with that of bar to ascertain that reed is sharp or flat.

• 4) Removes reed block from testing stand, inserts steel plate between reed and block to support reed, and files reed until it matches pitch of tuning bar.

• 5) Tunes remaining reeds in their chromatic relationship to tuning bar.

• 6) May lubricate and make repairs and adjustments to other parts of instrument.