1) Mouthpiece
2) Barrel
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3) Upper Joint
5) Bell
6) Reed
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ASSEMBLY OF THE CLARINET
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Make sure if you want to open your clarinet case, please put your clarinet in the right position because if you open the case in the wrong position, your clarinet will drop and broke. The brands in the upper of the case. Be careful!!
Before you start your assemble, make sure you have a cork grease and put it on every cork. You can buy it from music store. Remember! Don't put it too much because the part will easier to fall apart.
1) Placing the lower joint in the right hand with the rings and holes facing upward. Take your upper joint in left hand. Hold the bottom of lower joint. Place the ring finger on the lowest ring which when depressed, raises the bridge key extending over cork on the bottom end of that joint. Insert the upper joint tenon into the lower joint in a twisting motion until the joints are flush together. The upper bridge key is exactly lined up with the lower bridge key. ALWAYS USE TWISTING MOTION. DON NOT PUSH THEM IN PRESSURE!!
2)Now cradle the two joints in the palm of the right hand with the thumb rest against the right thumb.
Take the bell with left hand with the left hand and twist it onto the bottom of the lower joint until the two pieces are flush together.
3) Take th three assembled pieces with the left hand around the upper joint, again being careful not to bend any key mechanism. Then, take barrel in the right hand and twist the wider end of the barrel onto the upper joint's top tenon until the two pieces are flush together and the labels are lined up. Be careful to the left hand around the upper joint.
4) To complete the assembly, take the assembled parts with the left hand around the upper joint. With the right hand, take the mouthpiece without the reed, ligature, or cap and twist it into the top of the barrel, ining up the hole in the mouthpiece with the register key on the back of the clarinet. The ligature holds the reed in place on the mouthpiece. The widest part of the ligature is the bottom, and the screws on the right side. To attach the reed to the mouthpiece, place the moistened reed on the mouthpiece with the flat side of the reed resting o the flatbed of the mouthpiece. Line ups the tip of the reed with th tip of mouthpiece with just a hint of the mouthpiece visible over the tip of the reed. When the tip of reed and mouthpiece is already line up, tighten the bottom screw of ligature.
Here you go! This is full CLARINET after we assemble it together.
REFERENCES
Teaching woodwinds
A method and resources handbook for music educators.
William Diets D54, 1997
https://canadianclarinet.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/cork-grease/
