Nature of the Work Musical instruments are a source of entertainment and recreation for millions of people. Maintaining these instruments so they perform properly is the job of musical instrument repairers and tuners.
Piano tuners adjust piano strings to the proper pitch.
Striking the key, the tuner compares the string's pitch with that of a tuning fork. The standard 88-key piano has 230 strings and can be tuned in about an hour and a half. A piano has thousands of wooden, steel, iron, ivory, and felt parts which can be plagued by an assortment of problems. It is the task of piano repairers to locate and correct these problems. In addition to repair work, piano repairers may also tune pianos.