| Job Title |
Organ-pipe Voicer |
| Job Description |
Adjusts Metal And Wood Organ Pipes To Obtain Specified Timber
And Strength Of Sound: Inserts Unvoiced Pipes In Rack Of Tuning
Table And Starts Electric Blower. Depresses Key To Blow Air
Through Unvoiced Pipe And Voiced Master Pipe. Listens To
Difference In Tone And Determines Needed Adjustments. Raises Or
Lowers Lips Of Metal Flue Pipes To Regulate Airflow Over Lips,
And Notches Languet (inner Tongue), Using Handtools. Files And
Raises Or Lowers Reeds In Reed Pipes. Scrapes And Sands Lips In
Wooden Pipes And Raises Or Lowers Them To Regulate Airflow.
Enlarges Or Decreases Opening In Toe Hole (hole At Base Of
Pipe), Using Handtools, To Regulate Loudness Of Sound. Tunes
Organ Pipes [pipe-organ Tuner And Repairer (any Industry)]. May
Do Final Tuning And Voicing Of Pipes In Newly Installed Organs
And Be Designated Organ-pipe Finisher (musical Inst.).
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