How the Saxophone is Made
Making the neck

Overview of the production process

Let's take a look at the neck production process in sequence with the following pictures:

  1. Welding
    Photo (1): After welding
  2. Bending process
    Photo (2): After bending
  3. Octave-hole process
  4. Soldering the key posts and other parts
    Photo (3): After tone-hole drilling, with the key posts and other parts soldered in place
  5. Buffing
  6. Lacquering
  7. Attaching the octave key
    Photo (4): After buffing and lacquering, with the octave key attached, the neck is complete.
The neck production process

The neck production process