Will AI replace Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners?
Estimated risk score: 5 out of 100
Very low replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (0 to 24).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 37 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 49-9063.00 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 0 of its 37 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
None of its rated tasks.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 36 of its 37 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.
- Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.
- Make wood replacement parts, using woodworking machines and hand tools.
- Mix and measure glue that will be used for instrument repair.
- Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
- Polish instruments, using rags and polishing compounds, buffing wheels, or burnishing tools.
What the job is
Repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning.
Also called: Piano Tuner, Piano Technician (Piano Tech), Instrument Repair Technician (Instrument Repair Tech), Tuner, Voicer, Piano Tech, Guitar Tech, Organ Fixer.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate