Assembling Saxophone

1.	Place the strap around your neck.
2.	Hold the neck in one hand and gently push on the mouthpiece in a twisting motion (Figure 2).
3.	Place the reed against the mouthpiece with the flat side down and the tip (thin end) lining up with the tip of the mouthpiece. Secure it with the ligature. The standard position is where you can just see the tip of the mouth-piece above the tip of the reed (Figure 3).
4.	Grasp the bell of the saxophone body and remove it from the case (NEVER grab the keys or rods). Remove the end plug and loosen the neck receiver screw.
5.	Grasp the neck in your other hand and carefully place it into the neck receiver with a twisting motion. (Be careful not to squeeze the octave key on the neck or to jam the octave key loop into the octave key stem on the body. This could result in mechanical problems with the octave key.) The brace on the underside of the neck should line up with the octave key stem on the body. Once it is lined up, tighten the screw on the neck receiver (Figure 4).
6.	Finally, attach the neck strap hook onto the strap ring on the saxophone body. Adjust the strap so that the mouthpiece comfortably reaches your mouth.