Musical Instrument Maker or Repairer
What the work is
Builds, repairs and restores musical instruments, and modifies and tunes them to owners' specifications.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Constructs musical instruments according to specifications and designs
- Repairs damaged or broken musical instruments
- Modifies musical instruments to meet musicians' specific requirements
- Tunes musical instruments for correct pitch and sound
- Inspects and tests musical instruments for quality
- Uses tools to shape, cut and assemble instrument parts
- Applies finishes and varnishes to instruments
- May use 3D printing to recreate missing parts of instruments or manufacture instruments with specific characteristics that are not possible to create using conventional production techniques
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a small design studio that plans rooms in clients' homes and shops. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A client walks into their finished living room, goes quiet, then smiles
- A violin that has sat silent for years is played again in your workshop
- A rough stone turns clear and bright after hours at the polishing wheel
Hard days
- Two people who share a house want completely different things for one room
- A piece you spent days on cracks on the bench, hours before pick-up
- A client falls in love with a photo of something that will not work in their space
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 391933, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.