Job Description
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.
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Key Responsibilities
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Quote for and complete repairs and restoration work on customers' string instruments including:n
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Gluing cracks and open seams
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Patching and repairing cracks using established methods
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'Touching Up' varnish
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Replacing bridges, sound posts, nuts and fingerboards
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Complete specialised repairs and restoration work on stock instruments
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Liaise with suppliers as necessary to obtain parts needed to complete repairs and restoration work
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Perform 'set ups' on stock instruments including:n
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Shaping, cutting, adjusting and fitting a bridge
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Shaping, cutting, adjusting and fitting a sound post
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Shaping, cutting, adjusting and fitting a fingerboard and fingerboard nut
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Shaping, cutting, adjusting and fitting pegs
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Perform key tasks in the manufacturing of new instruments,



which in addition to the above 'set up' tasks include:n
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Cutting and fitting bass bars
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Thicknessing the top and back plates
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Building ribs and fitting them to the top and back plates
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Cut and fit a neck, peg-box and scroll
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Repairs and restoration to bows including:n
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Re-lapping
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Provide advice to customers about their existing instruments, which may be antique or recently made
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Co-ordinate with sales staff
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Organise and provide specialised training to junior team members
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Maintain a secure and tidy workspace
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Skill & Experience
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The ideal candidate would have industry experience and/or a qualification from one of the following schools:
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The Cremona International School of Violin Making
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The Chicago School of Violin Making
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The Mittenwald School of Violin Making
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The Markneukichnen School of Violin Making
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The North Bennet Street School, Boston
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📌 Violin Luthier - Musical Instrument Maker/Repairer (New South Wales)
🏢 The Sydney String Centre
📍 New South Wales