Job Description:

• 1) Engraves words and music on zinc plates used to print sheet music, following original manuscripts: Rules staff lines on plate, allowing for even margins.

• 2) Stamps letters, words, and musical symbols in specified position on plate, using metal dies and hammer.

• 3) Taps and scrapes engraved plates to smooth surface and prepare plates for use in printing presses, using ball peen hammers and hand scrapers.