- Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
- Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.
- Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary.
- Disassemble
Musical instrument maker and repairer | Average UK Salary & Outlook
Musical instrument makers and repairers create new musical instruments or repair ones that have been damaged.
Musical instrument maker and repairers typically work around 42 to 44 hours per week.
As a Musical instrument maker and repairer you will typically work freelance / self-employed.
This occupation tends to be:
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely
Average salary |
30,400 GBP * |
per year |
Salary statistics
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30,563 GBP
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28,613 GBP
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30,400 GBP
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28,613 GBP
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30,563 GBP
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30,208 GBP
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29,516 GBP
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28,259 GBP
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28,447 GBP
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28,334 GBP
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27,311 GBP
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30,400 GBP
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29,513 GBP
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32,070 GBP
Future outlook for Musical instrument maker and repairers
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Attention to Detail Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. Dependability Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. Integrity Job requires being honest and ethical. Persistence Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. Independence Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
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