Guitar maker jobs in Finland
Guitar makers create and assemble parts to build guitars according to specified instructions or diagrams. They work wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and inspect the finished instrument.
Guitar maker - Which skills are essential?
Choose the appropriate tonewood, materials and tools, and build the different guitar components such as the sound board, fretboard, headstock, neck and bridge.
Attach new strings, fix frames or replace broken parts of musical instruments.
The different musical instruments, their ranges, timbre, and possible combinations.
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.
Design and create parts such as keys, reeds, bows, and others for musical instruments.
Check and maintain musical instruments.
Manipulate the properties, shape and size of wood.
Create designs on musical instruments by using methods such as embossing, piercing, painting, woodworking, weaving, and other methods.
Tune any parts of stringed musical instruments that are off-key, by using various tuning techniques.
Shave, plane and sand wood manually or automatically to produce a smooth surface.
The process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large-scale structures.
There are two main guitar categories, namely electric and acoustic. This last category contains a large number of subcategories such as classical, flat-topped, steel string or flamenco guitars. Electric guitars can have hollow, solid or semi-hollow bodies and the vibration of the steel strings is converted into signals that are then fed to an amplifier.
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.
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.
Vibrating elements that generate sounds in string instruments. They can be classified into two categories, namely the decorative and the wound strings, and they can be made of different materials such as steel, gut, silk or nylon. Winding materials include aluminium, chrome steel, silver, gold and copper.
Tuning pitches and techniques and musical temperaments for the various instruments.
Different ways of cutting wood, across the grain or parallel with it, and radial or tangential to the core. The behaviour of cuts of wood under different circumstances and the optimal cut for a given purpose. Influence of special attributes of the wood, like knots or defects.
Assemble parts together such as the body, strings, buttons, keys, and others to create the final musical instrument.
The characteristics of composite materials, felts, glues, leathers and skins, metals and precious metals, woods and wood derivatives to create musical instruments.
Guitar maker - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Pass on knowledge and skills, explain and demonstrate the application of equipment and materials and answer questions about trade techniques for the manufacturing of products.
Restore old musical instruments to their original condition and conserve them in that state.
Select and apply appropriate restoration techniques in order to achieve the required restoration goals. This encompasses preventive measures, remedial measures, restoration processes and management processes.
The study of sound, its reflection, amplification and absorption in a space.
Evaluate the outcome of conservation and restoration procedures. Evaluate the degree of risk, success of treatment or activity and communicate the results.
The procedures, instruments, techniques, materials and chemicals used in conservation and archiving.
Identify new or second hand musical instruments and estimate the market value of them based on professional judgment and knowledge of musical instruments, or subject them to estimation by a third party.
Mix ingredients to create a stain and apply a layer to the furniture to give it a specific colour and finish.
Drawing software and the various symbols, perspectives, units of measurement, notation systems, visual styles and page layouts used in technical drawings.
The types and processing of organic materials to build products or parts of products.
Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services.
Check heights, colour and other attributes of finished product against specifications.
Develop and design a musical instrument according to customer specification.
Estimate the cost implications of restoring and replacing products or parts.
Manipulate purpose-built or improvised instruments to produce musical sounds.
Mix the powder dye with water and/or liquid dye and any other necessary ingredients to create the desired colour and apply it to the wood.
The process of developing a mathematical representation of any three-dimensional surface of an object via specialised software. The product is called a 3D model. It can be displayed as a two-dimensional image through a process called 3D rendering or used in a computer simulation of physical phenomena. The model can also be physically created using 3D printing devices.
The historical background and chronology of various musical instruments.
Determine restoration needs and requirements and plan the activities. Consider the desired results, the level of intervention required, evaluation of alternatives, constraints on actions, stakeholder demands, possible risks and future options.
Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.
The process of creating musical instrument accessories, such as metronomes, tuning forks or stands.
Buy and sell musical instruments, or serve as an intermediate between potential buyers and sellers.