Profession idiophone musical instruments maker

Idiophone musical instruments makers create and assemble parts to make idiophone instruments to specified instructions or diagrams. They shape, drill, sand and string the parts that are mostly made out of glass, metal, ceramics or wood, clean, test the quality and inspect the finished instrument.

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Personality Type

Knowledge

  • Metalworking

    The process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large-scale structures.

  • Woodturning

    Process of shaping wood on a lathe and its types, namely spindle turning and faceplate turning.

  • Musical instruments materials

    The characteristics of composite materials, felts, glues, leathers and skins, metals and precious metals, woods and wood derivatives to create musical instruments.

  • Musical instruments

    The different musical instruments, their ranges, timbre, and possible combinations.

  • Organic building materials

    The types and processing of organic materials to build products or parts of products.

Skills

  • Repair musical instruments

    Attach new strings, fix frames or replace broken parts of musical instruments.

  • Create musical instrument parts

    Design and create parts such as keys, reeds, bows, and others for musical instruments.

  • Assemble musical instrument parts

    Assemble parts together such as the body, strings, buttons, keys, and others to create the final musical instrument.

  • Decorate musical instruments

    Create designs on musical instruments by using methods such as embossing, piercing, painting, woodworking, weaving, and other methods.

  • Apply a protective layer

    Apply a layer of protective solutions such as permethrine to protect the product from damage such as corrosion, fire or parasites, using a spray gun or paintbrush.

  • Maintain musical instruments

    Check and maintain musical instruments.

  • Restore musical instruments

    Restore old musical instruments to their original condition and conserve them in that state.

Optional knowledge and skills

metal joining technologies sales promotion techniques apply restoration techniques wood cuts types of wood acoustics sand wood trade in musical instruments identify customer's needs stain wood verify product specifications estimate restoration costs estimate value of musical instruments design musical instruments pass on trade techniques metal forming technologies evaluate restoration procedures manipulate wood history of musical instruments select restoration activities musical instrument accessories join wood elements conservation techniques cut metal products dye wood technical drawings

Source: Sisyphus ODB