Decorate musical instruments

Description

Create designs on musical instruments by using methods such as embossing, piercing, painting, woodworking, weaving, and other methods.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 8 occupations
  • Optional in 6 occupations
  • Total: 14 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)

Essential for

  • Stringed musical instrument maker
    Stringed musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create stringed instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach stri…
  • Harpsichord maker
    Harpsichord makers create and assemble parts to make harpsichords according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. O…
  • Guitar maker
    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 in…
  • Harp maker
    Harp makers create and assemble parts to create harps according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and inspe…
  • Keyboard musical instrument maker
    Keyboard musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create keyboard instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect …
  • 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 i…
  • Idiophone musical instruments maker
    Idiophone musical instruments makers create and assemble parts to make idiophone instruments to specified instructions or diagrams. They shape, drill, sand and string the parts tha…
  • Wind musical instrument maker
    Wind musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to make wind instruments according to specified instructions and diagrams. They measure and cut the tubing for the resonato…

Optional for

  • Musical instrument technician
    Musical instrument technicians maintain, tune and repair musical instruments such as pianos, pipe organs, band instruments, violins and other instruments. Includes people producing…
  • Decorative painter
    Decorative painters design and create visual art on different kinds of surfaces such as pottery, casings, glass and fabric. They use diverse materials and a variety of techniques t…
  • Piano maker
    Piano makers create and assemble parts to make pianos according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. Other titles …
  • Membranophone musical instruments maker
    Membranophone musical instruments makers create and assemble parts to make membranophone instruments to specified instructions or diagrams. They stretch and attach the membrane to …
  • 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. Other titl…
  • Electronic musical instrument maker
    Electronic musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to make electronic instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They install and test electric pick-u…

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Last updated on February 18, 2026

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