How to Assemble a Clarinet Step By Step

Video Transcript

" Hi! My name is Leslie Burnick and I am speaking on behalf of expertvillage.com. Today I’m going to talk about assembling of the clarinet and the first thing that you want to do is especially if you have a new clarinet, is you are going to want to use some cork grease that should come with your clarinet and you are going to want to put a little bit of grease on each cork and again you only need just a little bit then just spread that around the cork and that just makes it easier to put the clarinet together. You do not have to do it every time although again with a newer clarinet you may have to do it fairly often. Once you play the clarinet for a number of months or even a couple of years, you may only have to do it just every so often. So the top part is the mouth piece, then the next piece that you could put on is the barrel, and if you put it on the wrong way, it is going to obvious, it is not going to fit, so the mouthpiece will fit into the barrel, then you can just put that down if you want, you can get the two main pieces of the body and this little piece right here in the center, this is the part that you want to be most careful of, because this can bend and right underneath here is a little piece of cork, if you are not careful you can tear that cork off when you put it together. With all the holes, these are some keys here, if you push that key down, you see how that little piece comes up. You want to hold that piece up, as you put these two pieces together and again you are just going to gently twist back and forth and this will line up with the bottom piece and then that gives you the exact alignment for the holes of the clarinet. Then you can again take the top part, put it back on the clarinet, the final piece is the bell, it is obvious why it has that name. You put the bell on and then you are all set to go."