This is a permanent full-time role. Its purpose is to provide exceptional making, repairs and restoration services to violins, violas, cellos, double basses and bows at our Chatswood location.

Key Responsibilities

- Quote for and complete repairs and restoration work on customers' string instruments including:
- Gluing cracks and open seams
- Patching and repairing cracks using established methods
- 'Touching Up' varnish
- Replacing bridges, sound posts, nuts and fingerboards

- Complete specialised repairs and restoration work on stock instruments
- Liaise with suppliers as necessary to obtain parts needed to complete repairs and restoration work
- Perform 'set ups' on stock instruments including:

- Shaping, cutting, adjusting and fitting a bridge
- Shaping, cutting, adjusting and fitting a sound post
- Shaping, cutting, adjusting and fitting a fingerboard and fingerboard nut
- Shaping, cutting, adjusting and fitting pegs

- Perform key tasks in the manufacturing of recent instruments,



which in addition to the above 'set up' tasks include:

- Cutting and fitting bass bars
- Thicknessing the top and back plates
- Building ribs and fitting them to the top and back plates
- Cut and fit a neck, peg-box and scroll

- Repairs and restoration to bows including:

- Re-lapping

- Provide advice to customers about their existing instruments, which may be antique or recently made
- Co-ordinate with sales staff
- Organise and provide specialised training to junior team members
- Maintain a safe and tidy workspace

Skill & Experience

The ideal candidate would have industry experience and/or a qualification from one of the following schools:

- The Cremona International School of Violin Making
- The Chicago School of Violin Making
- The Mittenwald School of Violin Making
- The Markneukichnen School of Violin Making
- The North Bennet Street School, Boston

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📌 Violin Luthier - Musical Instrument Maker/Repairer (City of Willoughby)
🏢 The Sydney String Centre
📍 City of Willoughby