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name: violin-maker
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'violin maker' (also: violin craftswoman, violin builder, violin assembler, violin craftsman). Use when the user asks for typical violin maker work such as: Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.; Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.; Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment."
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# Violin Maker
Violin makers create and assemble parts to create violins according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and inspect the finished instrument.
## Core workflow
1. Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
2. Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.
3. Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.
4. Inspect instruments to locate defects, and to determine their value or the level of restoration required.
5. Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.
6. Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary.
7. Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.
8. String instruments, and adjust trusses and bridges of instruments to obtain specified string tensions and heights.
## How to use this skill
- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
## Key competences (essential)
- apply a protective layer
- assemble musical instrument parts
- create musical instrument parts
- create smooth wood surface
- decorate musical instruments
- join wood elements
- maintain musical instruments
- make bowstrings
- manipulate wood
- metalworking
- musical instruments
- musical instruments materials
- produce violin bows
- produce violin components
- repair musical instruments
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d0c923f1-e32b-4838-a109-eac58945dab1), O*NET 30.3 (49-9063.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*