Job Description:

• 1) Tends shop machines that form and shape mouthpieces for woodwind instruments: Screws mouthpiece into boring machine that follows template to automatically form base of piece.

• 2) Positions mouthpiece in chuck of automatic turning lathe and shapes outside of mouthpiece.

• 3) Feeds mouthpiece in sloping machine to cut slope to specified dimensions.

• 4) Presses tip of mouthpiece against abrasive wheel to grind to specified curvature.

• 5) Places mouthpiece in fixture of chambering machine to shape inside opening.

• 6) Cuts and attaches cork around forward part of mouthpiece to ensure fit of mouthpiece into instrument, using knife and glue.

• 7) Verifies dimensions, using micrometers and gauges.

• 8) Operates power buffing wheel to buff mouthpiece.