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[Bob69Joe]

I found this instrument in Adventure, but I am posting here to ask how it's made. The description reads, "This is a desert titan silk akku strings. It is made from desert titan silk cloth. The akku strings vibrate, causing the instrument to produce sound." So perhaps it isn't an instrument but the strings that need to be crafted to a body. I didn't know titans could be rendered for materials.

[pamelrabo]

It maybe is made from silk, if the titan is a web caster.
My dwarves sometimes craft clothing or instruments from Forgotten Beast silk, from their (deadly) webs.

[Dunamisdeos]

Yeah that's almost certainly some silk strings. You can collect FB/Titan silk if you can get at the undisturbed webbing left behind.

[gchristopher]

Unfortunately, randomly generated creature silk has no value multiplier, so it won't be worth as much.

[Timmi]

first the auto-generated fortress uses a artifact door to lure the web titan. then they raise the bridge to lock it. then they build a silk farm at its place. then they harvest it. then they make akku strings from it.

[Bob69Joe]

first the auto-generated fortress uses a artifact door to lure the web titan. then they raise the bridge to lock it. then they build a silk farm at its place. then they harvest it. then they make akku strings from it.

Wow, they do that all on their own? Now how do I string it to some finely crafted instrument? Well, not in Adventure, but I could leave it in area where I'll put a fortress.

[PatrikLundell]

first the auto-generated fortress uses a artifact door to lure the web titan. then they raise the bridge to lock it. then they build a silk farm at its place. then they harvest it. then they make akku strings from it.

Wow, they do that all on their own? Now how do I string it to some finely crafted instrument? Well, not in Adventure, but I could leave it in area where I'll put a fortress.

No, it's just that DF randomly takes whatever silk there can be and produces strings, but it was a nice explanation. You can't make an instrument out of it, because it's most likely an elven one (they tend to have weird material silk and cloth strings for sale in their caravans), and your civ can only make instruments of its own, but not assemble any other instruments, even if all parts are provided (which means caravans bringing instrument parts being rather pointless).
As indicated, that string isn't that unique anyway: caravans can bring complete instruments that use such parts.

[KittyTac]

first the auto-generated fortress uses a artifact door to lure the web titan. then they raise the bridge to lock it. then they build a silk farm at its place. then they harvest it. then they make akku strings from it.

Wow, they do that all on their own? Now how do I string it to some finely crafted instrument? Well, not in Adventure, but I could leave it in area where I'll put a fortress.

The AI isn't that smart. It's pretty dumb.

[Vorox]

This instrument is cursed, if you play it it will unleash an unspeakable evil.

[Saiko Kila]

Sometimes the forgotten beast/titan instruments can be much valuable, but not because of the silk itself. I have several such instruments in my fortress (brought by elven visitors or caravans). One instrument named saba is worth 110, and another saba is worth 3100. Both are from forgotten beast silk, but the more expensive has bellows made from shimmering cloth, while the cheaper one has them made from the same forgotten beast silk as other parts.

There are also scrolls and books brought by visitors and caravans, which are made of forgotten beast or titan parchment.

[Cathar]

Damn the value multiplier, this is badass as hell. If you manage to create an instrument from Titan's silk and leather, ornate with gems and forgotten beast hors then cover it in dragon scales, it warrant the creation of an adventurer just to play its tune to the world

[Dunamisdeos]

I like capturing web-based FB's and Titans. I did a bunch of fiddling with it with a lot of help from other dorfs, but here's how I eventually did it.

Spoiler: Diagram, diagram, does whatever, A dia can (click to show/hide)

So the idea is to trap it in a place where it can shoot web through fortifications for your gathering pleasure. The problem is that you absolutely cannot stun a web-based FB. So what I did was make the only path into my fort look like this. The way in is blocked by a retracting bridge. You can't use a hatch because it'll smash the hatch on the way in. Once it is inside the tunnel, you lock the hatch on the far side and pull the lever for the bridge, thereby sealing it inside since it can't smash the hatch from the underside.

I have trapped it in a 1x3 corridor using [.] to slowly advance time and lock/unlock the hatch portion so that it's pathing tricks it into running in circles in the tunnel portion.

You can also use FB web to stun other, non-wed FB's for capture in a cage.