Click here to view how a Clarinet is made.
If you didnt catch the video, these are the steps from it.
1) On a Clarinet, there are tone holes, which are used to make notes. They are normally made of nickel silver, but sometimes made by brass.
2) The creators put the key in a plaster mold, and put hot wax in it.
3) They then use more hot wax to stick copies of that key on a stem.
4) They put the 'tree' in a cylinder.
5) They put the cylinder in a mold making machine, to fill the space in the cylinder with a silica based ceramic material.
6) When the ceramic material gets hard, they melt out the wax out a hole which is in the bottom on the tree.
7) That will leave a 'cavity' shaped like a tree.
8) They then bring the mold in a casting machine, and put nickel sliver in a furnace.
9) The metal will melt and fill the cavity.
10) To cool the casting, they put it in lukewarm water.
11) The metal will contract because of the temperature, which will make it looser to the mold.
12) They get the tree, and remove all the keys on it.
13) There will be a stub on the key, which they grind off.
14) They will put the keys in a machine called a tumbler, which has little synthetic stones in it.
15) The stones will clean the keys, making them ready for the silver.
16) They put the keys in copper, before they can put it in silver.
17) For every layer, they put the keys in a chemical.
18) They give a negative electric charge, while also giving a positive charge to plating metal.
19) Since they are like a magnet, the particles from a plating metal will be attracted to the keys, which makes a thin coat.
20) The Clarinet's body is usually made of wood, giving it the name, woodwind.
21) A computer automated drill will create 24 of the tone holes, and 40 smaller holes for posts, to support the keys.
22) A welding machine will make the posts go into their correct hole, and they also zap them with a sound wave of high frequency. To melt the plastic that is around the post.
23) Another machine makes a hole through each post for the rods that control the keys.
24) For each of the connecting parts, they put cork around it.
25) Then they illuminate the inside for an inspection of quality control.
26) They stick on the moving parts, then add 17 keys onto the mechanisms.
27) Every key has foam on them, so the air wont leave when the hole is covered.
28) They use some foil to see if the seal is tight enough.
29) When all the pieces are assembled properly, there will be a test on how the pieces work, and how the sound is.
30) Somebody will clean the Clarinet, from finger prints, residue, and lint.
2) The creators put the key in a plaster mold, and put hot wax in it.
3) They then use more hot wax to stick copies of that key on a stem.
4) They put the 'tree' in a cylinder.
5) They put the cylinder in a mold making machine, to fill the space in the cylinder with a silica based ceramic material.
6) When the ceramic material gets hard, they melt out the wax out a hole which is in the bottom on the tree.
7) That will leave a 'cavity' shaped like a tree.
8) They then bring the mold in a casting machine, and put nickel sliver in a furnace.
9) The metal will melt and fill the cavity.
10) To cool the casting, they put it in lukewarm water.
11) The metal will contract because of the temperature, which will make it looser to the mold.
12) They get the tree, and remove all the keys on it.
13) There will be a stub on the key, which they grind off.
14) They will put the keys in a machine called a tumbler, which has little synthetic stones in it.
15) The stones will clean the keys, making them ready for the silver.
16) They put the keys in copper, before they can put it in silver.
17) For every layer, they put the keys in a chemical.
18) They give a negative electric charge, while also giving a positive charge to plating metal.
19) Since they are like a magnet, the particles from a plating metal will be attracted to the keys, which makes a thin coat.
20) The Clarinet's body is usually made of wood, giving it the name, woodwind.
21) A computer automated drill will create 24 of the tone holes, and 40 smaller holes for posts, to support the keys.
22) A welding machine will make the posts go into their correct hole, and they also zap them with a sound wave of high frequency. To melt the plastic that is around the post.
23) Another machine makes a hole through each post for the rods that control the keys.
24) For each of the connecting parts, they put cork around it.
25) Then they illuminate the inside for an inspection of quality control.
26) They stick on the moving parts, then add 17 keys onto the mechanisms.
27) Every key has foam on them, so the air wont leave when the hole is covered.
28) They use some foil to see if the seal is tight enough.
29) When all the pieces are assembled properly, there will be a test on how the pieces work, and how the sound is.
30) Somebody will clean the Clarinet, from finger prints, residue, and lint.