Profession organ builder

Organ builders create and assemble parts to build organs according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional
• Realistic / Artistic

Knowledge

• Types of metal

  Qualities, specifications, applications and reactions to different fabricating processes of various types of metal, such as steel, aluminium, brass, copper and others.

• 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.

• 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

• Restore musical instruments

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

• Join metals

  Join together pieces of metal using soldering and welding materials.

• Install organs

  Assemble, install and tune the organ according to the accoustical characteristics of its final location.

• Create smooth wood surface

  Shave, plane and sand wood manually or automatically to produce a smooth surface.

• Sand wood

  Use sanding machines or hand tools to remove paint or other substances from the surface of the wood, or to smoothen and finish the wood.

• Produce organ components

  Choose the appropriate materials and tools, and build the different parts of an organ such as wind chests, pipes, bellows, keyboards, pedals, organ consoles and cases.

• Assemble musical instrument parts

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

• Create musical instrument parts

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

• 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.

• Create wood joints

  Use the proper tools and processes to create the joints where multiple pieces of wood fit together.

• Join wood elements

  Bind wooden materials together using a variety of techniques and materials. Determine the optimal technique to join the elements, like stapling, nail, gluing or screwing. Determine the correct work order and make the joint.

• Repair musical instruments

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

• Maintain musical instruments

  Check and maintain musical instruments.

• Tune keyboard music instruments

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

• Manipulate wood

  Manipulate the properties, shape and size of wood.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB