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Overview
Organ builders make, assemble, tune, test and inspect organ parts, working with wood, metal, drawings, sound and the finished instrument.
In job descriptions, look for organ components, keyboard instruments, wood sanding, pipe or metal work, tuning, acoustic checks, restoration, repair, technical drawings and careful inspection of finished instruments.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Organ building is workshop craft tied to a large acoustic instrument. Work can include reading drawings, making wooden and metal parts, assembling components, installing organs, tuning keyboards and checking sound and finish.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include smooth wood preparation, wood joints, metal joining, organ component production, tuning techniques, restoration judgement and careful testing of each part before handover.
Salary context
Salary context depends on workshop responsibility, restoration complexity, travel for installation, customer contact, design input and whether the role covers tuning, repair, new builds or heritage instruments.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward restoration specialist, tuner, workshop lead, instrument designer, estimator or craft teaching for musical instrument making.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name organ installation, component making, wood and metal work, technical drawings, tuning, acoustic checks, restoration work and customer-site visits.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of musical instruments
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include piano maker, harpsichord maker and harp maker.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
49-9063.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
32.2Manufacture of musical instruments
Alternative labels
Occupation group
keyboard musical instrument maker (7312.3)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c7b31477-88e3-400f-988f-3baa090de173 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7312.3.2 |
| ISCO group | 7312 |
| Concept type | Occupation |