How Instruments Are Made
I've always been fascinated by how things are made. One of my favorite professional development opportunities I have participated in during my career has been a tour of the Conn-Selmer factories in Elkhart, Indiana where I got to see the craftsmen hard at work producing the instruments that I get to play on a daily basis. Below are a collection of videos that show how some of our instruments are made. (Disclaimer- some of these vids are advertisements for the products they are building)
Flute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHSu0trGkRg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u50PxE5xBSA
Clarinet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqdtnBPlVfM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZQprUXwFs8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DZgoYmbU-w
Clarinet/Sax Reeds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX5OYFx5eWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-at2kp5WnI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxwYCzPT4Ck
Saxophones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH1YzGqt1HI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtRfu2ALQbI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sssa78fcx2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqEoasEzyB4
Oboes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSRN1UMbjvg
Bassoons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLjlgA5Htjc
Double Reeds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHw7TH_ESeI
Violins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa6iLFMGU_A
Trumpets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYxf-_SbCS0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ9DPm4nlk4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIqDhO1iddo
French Horns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eoGFpAiaoc
Trombones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5LqrMcq1QE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcstdl55lj8
Tubas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kfdxvNXIyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4mSNSd014g
Brass Mouthpieces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScZBgLC5Ynk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-6Yf_mYmg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuVxTapiehs
Percussion
Snare Drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUoCXKadVjo
Snare Drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2_wfe1LQEI
Metal Snare Drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUoCXKadVjo
Drum Sticks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smLFWn9H_C8
Drum Sticks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWCDJyOO4_0