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AI exposure Installation, maintenance and repair

Will AI replace musical instrument repairers and tuners?

Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners. US occupation 49-9063.

0.0%

of the time musical instrument repairers and tuners spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of musical instrument repairers and tuners' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.

Ranked 346 of 756 US occupations. No AI use seen in the work yet, along with 410 other occupations.No handover started yet, along with 410 other occupations.

Average US job 7.7%

Among the least exposed jobs there are.Still waiting for liberation.

What AI already does for musical instrument repairers and tunersWhat musical instrument repairers and tuners no longer do alone

O*NET lists 24 tasks for musical instrument repairers and tuners. None of them shows meaningful AI use at work yet.

What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human

24 of the 24 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.

  • Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.Core task
  • Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.Core task
  • Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.Core task
  • Inspect instruments to locate defects, and to determine their value or the level of restoration required.Core task
  • Mix and measure glue that will be used for instrument repair.Core task
  • Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.Core task
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  • Polish instruments, using rags and polishing compounds, buffing wheels, or burnishing tools.Core task
  • Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary.Core task
  • Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.Core task
  • Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools.Core task
  • Shape old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathes, or soldering irons.Core task
  • String instruments, and adjust trusses and bridges of instruments to obtain specified string tensions and heights.Core task
  • Adjust felt hammers on pianos to increase tonal mellowness or brilliance, using sanding paddles, lacquer, or needles.
  • Align pads and keys on reed or wind instruments.
  • Assemble and install new pipe organs and pianos in buildings.
  • Deliver pianos to purchasers or to locations of their use.
  • Make wood replacement parts, using woodworking machines and hand tools.
  • Refinish and polish piano cabinets or cases to prepare them for sale.
  • Refinish instruments to protect and decorate them, using hand tools, buffing tools, and varnish.
  • Remove dents and burrs from metal instruments, using mallets and burnishing tools.
  • Remove irregularities from tuning pins, strings, and hammers of pianos, using wood blocks or filing tools.
  • Solder posts and parts to hold them in their proper places.
  • Strike wood, fiberglass, or metal bars of instruments, and use tuned blocks, stroboscopes, or electronic tuners to evaluate tones made by instruments.
  • Wash metal instruments in lacquer-stripping and cyanide solutions to remove lacquer and tarnish.

How that compares

Among the 50 installation, maintenance and repair occupations, musical instrument repairers and tuners rank 39. The group averages 0.7%, and its most exposed job is Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers at 10.7%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.

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What this does and does not mean

Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.

A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.

Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.