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Overview
Violin makers create, assemble, repair and inspect violin parts, working with wood, strings, bows, protective finishes, tuning and the finished instrument’s sound and build quality.
In job descriptions, look for wood shaping, violin components, bow making, sanding, tuning, instrument repair, restoration, technical drawings, acoustics, product specifications and customer needs.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Violin maker work is detailed craft on a stringed instrument. It can include shaping and joining wood, making components, fitting strings, applying protective layers, tuning and inspecting the finished violin.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes wood types, musical instrument materials, tuning techniques, violin components, bow production, sanding, restoration techniques, acoustics, technical drawings and customer needs.
Salary context
Salary context depends on craft level, restoration responsibility, instrument value, custom build work, repair complexity, customer contact, workshop reputation and whether the role includes trade in instruments.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward master instrument making, restoration specialist, workshop ownership, bow making, conservation work, instrument valuation, teaching trade techniques or design of stringed instruments.
Good to know
Check whether adverts specify new builds, repairs, restoration, violin bows, wood selection, varnish or protective layers, tuning, acoustic testing, customer consultation and product specification checks.
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 guitar maker, harp maker and harpsichord 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
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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
stringed musical instrument maker (7312.6)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d0c923f1-e32b-4838-a109-eac58945dab1 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7312.6.3 |
| ISCO group | 7312 |
| Concept type | Occupation |