Profession keyboard musical instrument maker

Keyboard musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create keyboard instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument.

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Personality Type

Knowledge

  • Musical instruments

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

  • Tuning techniques

    Tuning pitches and techniques and musical temperaments for the various instruments.

  • Metalworking

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

  • Organic building materials

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

  • 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.

Skills

  • Assemble musical instrument parts

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

  • Maintain musical instruments

    Check and maintain musical instruments.

  • Create musical instrument parts

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

  • Tune keyboard music instruments

    Tune any parts of keyboard musical instruments that are off-key, by using various tuning techniques.

  • 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.

  • Repair musical instruments

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

  • Decorate musical instruments

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

  • Restore musical instruments

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

Optional knowledge and skills

sand wood musical instrument accessories conservation techniques design musical instruments pass on trade techniques join wood elements types of metal stain wood manipulate wood select restoration activities verify product specifications install organs evaluate restoration procedures develop design plans dye wood trade in musical instruments estimate value of musical instruments join metals technical drawings apply restoration techniques create wood joints sales promotion techniques chemistry create smooth wood surface build a product's physical model 3d modelling play musical instruments woodturning produce harpsichord components estimate restoration costs produce piano components history of musical instruments acoustics produce organ components identify customer's needs

Source: Sisyphus ODB