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Instruments

The Instruments settings let you manage the list of instruments your music school offers. Instruments are used across Conductly to categorize students, organize courses, and help you understand what your school teaches.

To manage instruments, go to Settings > Instruments.

Every instrument on the list belongs to your school -- add, rename, or delete freely without affecting any other Conductly organization.

How Instruments Are Used​

Instruments appear in several areas of Conductly:

  • Student profiles -- Each student can have one or more instruments assigned, indicating what they are studying. This is helpful for filtering and searching.
  • Courses -- Courses can be associated with specific instruments, making it easy to categorize your offerings (e.g., "Piano - Beginner" or "Guitar - Intermediate").
  • Filtering and search -- When browsing students or courses, you can filter by instrument to quickly find what you are looking for.

Adding an Instrument​

  1. Go to Settings > Instruments.
  2. Click Add instrument.
  3. Type a name (up to 100 characters) and click Add.

The instrument is switched on immediately, so it's available in student and course pickers right away. The Add instrument form stays open after each add, so you can enter several instruments in a row -- click Done when you're finished.

Instrument names must be unique within your school (not case-sensitive), but two different schools can both have an instrument with the same name.

Renaming an Instrument​

  1. Go to Settings > Instruments.
  2. Click the pencil icon next to the instrument.
  3. Edit the name and click Save.

Renaming updates the instrument everywhere it's referenced -- student profiles, courses, and filters all show the new name.

Enabling and Disabling Instruments​

The Instruments page shows the Instrument Selection list -- every instrument your school has, each with a toggle:

  • Toggle on the instruments your school teaches. They become available for assignment to students and courses.
  • Toggle off the instruments you do not offer to keep dropdown menus tidy, without deleting the instrument or affecting students and courses already assigned to it.

Changes save automatically.

tip

Enable all the instruments your school currently teaches, even if only one student is studying that instrument. A complete list makes data entry faster and ensures consistency across student profiles.

Deleting an Instrument​

  1. Go to Settings > Instruments.
  2. Click the trash icon next to the instrument.
  3. Confirm by clicking Delete.

Deleting is permanent and can't be undone. If the instrument is still assigned to any student or course, Conductly blocks the delete and shows how many students and courses are using it -- reassign them first, or toggle the instrument off instead to hide it from pickers without losing those assignments.

warning

Toggling an instrument off is the safe, reversible way to retire one you no longer teach. Only delete an instrument you're sure your school will never use again.

Best Practices​

  • Enable only what you teach. A shorter, accurate list keeps dropdown menus clean and makes filtering more useful.
  • Review periodically. If your school stops offering an instrument, toggle it off to keep your lists tidy -- delete it only once no students or courses reference it.
  • Rename instead of recreating. If an instrument's name changes (e.g., "Voice" to "Vocals"), rename the existing entry so student and course history stays attached to it, rather than adding a new one.