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Musical Instrument Mfg. – NOC – WoodCode 2923 and Code 2883 “Furniture Mfg. – NOC – Wood” shall not be assigned to the same employer unless the operations described by these classifications are conducted as separate and distinct businesses.
Description
Code 2923 applies to employers engaged in manufacturing wooden musical instruments such as violins, guitars, cellos, harmonicas, drums, bass drums, clarinets and other similar wooden instruments. Cases manufacturing and the tanning of skins used in the manufacturing of wooden drums, tambourines and banjos are considered incidental to the operations assigned to this classification and therefore included.
Manufacturing pianos, player pianos and organs are also included under this classification. This classification includes fabrication of metal frames, sounding boards, keyboards, wire and string graduation.
Assignment by Analogy
Bird and animal callers (whistlers) – wooden
Operations to be Separately Rated
- Manufacturing:
- Cases used for transporting musical instruments. Refer to Code 2683 “Luggage Mfg.”
- Gut string manufacturing only – for musical instruments – not wound with wire. Refer to Code 2688 “Leather Goods Mfg. – NOC.”
- Musical instruments – metal – such as saxophones, trumpets and horns. Gut string only – for musical instruments – wound with wire. Music boxes made of metal – with musical mechanism. Refer to Code 3686 “Musical Instrument Mfg. – NOC – Metal.”
- Piano case or organ case only – wood. Refer to Code 2883 “Furniture Mfg. – NOC – Wood.”