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Drum Shell Maker Salary
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$42,841 (USD)
Average Salary
$21/hr
Average Hourly
$591
Average Bonus
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Last updated: April 19, 2024
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The average pay for a Drum Shell Maker is $42,841 a year and $21 an hour in the United States. The average salary range for a Drum Shell Maker is between $31,831 and $50,638. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in the the United States.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
$48,122
5 Year Change:
12 %
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The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federation of 50 states, a federal capital district (Washington, D.C.), and 326 Indian reservations. Outside the union of states, it asserts sovereignty over five major unincorporated island territories and various uninhabited islands. The country has the world's third-largest land area, second-largest exclusive economic zone, and third-largest population, exceeding 334 million.
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Job Summary
Description:
- Repairs percussion instruments, such as drums, cymbals, and xylophones: removes drum tension rod screws and rods by hand or using drum key.
- Lifts rim hoop from drum shell and cuts drumhead from hoop.
- Cuts new drumhead from animal skin, using scissors.
- Soaks skin in water until it becomes pliable.
- Stretches skin over rim hoop and tucks it around and under hoop, using hand tucking tool.
- Reclamps rim hoop onto drum shell to allow drumhead to dry and become taut.
- Cuts out section around break in drum shells, and cuts new piece to fit, using power saw and handtools.
- Glues and clamps new piece in place.
- Removes dents in tympani, using steel-hitting block.
- Operates drill press or hand power drill to drill hole at inside end of crack in cymbal, gong, or similar instruments to prevent advance of crack, and cuts out section around crack, using shears or grinding wheel.
- Repairs bass drum and tympani foot mechanisms, and replaces percussion instrument hardware, such as tension rods and rim hoops, and xylophone and marimba bars and wheels as needed, using handtools.
- Performs other duties, such as sanding, painting, and cleaning drum shells, and regluing simulated pearl onto shells.
- May solder or weld frames of mallet instruments and metal drum parts.
- May lay out and shape laminated wood, and apply decorative trim to fabricate drum shells, using handtools, machine tools, blueprints, and shop drawings, and be designated drum-shell maker.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Drum Shell Maker is $42,841 a year and $21 an hour in the United States. The average salary range for a Drum Shell Maker is between $31,831 and $50,638. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in the the United States.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
Find actuarial salary survey data and benchmark salary and pay.
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Drum Shell Maker Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
Job family population: 6,330
Estimated population of Drum Shell Maker jobs: 298
Rate of error: 3.8%
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About the United States
United States Cost of Living Score:
Description:
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federation of 50 states, a federal capital district (Washington, D.C.), and 326 Indian reservations. Outside the union of states, it asserts sovereignty over five major unincorporated island territories and various uninhabited islands. The country has the world's third-largest land area, second-largest exclusive economic zone, and third-largest population, exceeding 334 million.
Paleo-Indians migrated across the Bering land bridge more than 12,000 years...
Job Summary
Description:
- Repairs percussion instruments, such as drums, cymbals, and xylophones: removes drum tension rod screws and rods by hand or using drum key.
- Lifts rim hoop from drum shell and cuts drumhead from hoop.
- Cuts new drumhead from animal skin, using scissors.
- Soaks skin in water until it becomes pliable.
- Stretches skin over rim hoop and tucks it around and under hoop, using hand tucking tool.
- Reclamps rim hoop onto drum shell to allow drumhead to dry and become taut.
- Cuts out section around break in drum shells, and cuts new piece to fit, using power saw and handtools.
- Glues and clamps new piece in place.
- Removes dents in tympani, using steel-hitting block.
- Operates drill press or hand power drill to drill hole at inside end of crack in cymbal, gong, or similar instruments to prevent advance of crack, and cuts out section around crack, using shears or grinding wheel.
- Repairs bass drum and tympani foot mechanisms, and replaces percussion instrument hardware, such as tension rods and rim hoops, and xylophone and marimba bars and wheels as needed, using handtools.
- Performs other duties, such as sanding, painting, and cleaning drum shells, and regluing simulated pearl onto shells.
- May solder or weld frames of mallet instruments and metal drum parts.
- May lay out and shape laminated wood, and apply decorative trim to fabricate drum shells, using handtools, machine tools, blueprints, and shop drawings, and be designated drum-shell maker.
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ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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