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Step 1
Prepare your reed for playing. Either place your reed in a small container filled with an inch of water or stick the reed in your mouth on top of your tongue. Be careful if you do this, as you don't want to damage the reed. While the reed is soaking up the moisture, you can begin to assemble the rest of your clarinet.
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Step 2
Remove the upper and lower sections from your clarinet case. Gently apply cork grease to the corks if you notice they seem dry. Hold the keys up on the upper section so the bridge key can align correctly. Once you align the bridge keys, twist the pieces together. Be careful not to bend any of the keys.
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Step 3
Secure the bell to the lower section of your clarinet. Again, check to see if you need to apply cork grease. Use the same gentle twisting and turning to attach the bell.
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Step 4
Place the attached lower portions of your clarinet elsewhere and attach the mouthpiece to the barrel. Position the barrel and mouthpiece combination to the rest of your clarinet and make sure the open part of the mouthpiece faces the back of the clarinet.
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Step 5
Put the soaked reed against the mouthpiece where the hole is located. Line up the tip of the reed with the tip of the mouthpiece. Secure the reed by placing the ligature over the mouthpiece. The ligature should hold the thickest part of the reed to the mouthpiece.
