This little youtube clip comes from ‘How it’s made’, a US TV series that shows how things are made. This episode sows the assembly of a Neumann U87 microphone, including machining the grill, making the capsule backplate, and tensioning and the diaphragm. It makes it look so easy, but then they have been making mics for more than 60 years.


You can skip the first 30 seconds if you like!