A professional who polishes and repairs loom reeds. Respnsibilities include:

• Cleans lint and gum from reeds, using brush or airhose.
• Examines reeds for alignment of wires, rough edges, and breaks.
• Verifies dents, using micrometers and feeler gauges.
• Straightens and aligns bent wires, using handtools, and solders broken wires.
• Smooths and polishes reeds, using pumice, lime, emery cloth, steel wool, and rotating brush, according to condition of reed.
• Inspects new reeds and stores them with reconditioned reeds according to size.
• Records receipt and transfer of reeds for perpetual inventory.
• May replace defective reeds on loom.