Born in 1950, Wang Hsi-kun recalls that during his childhood the manufacture of suonas required drilling holes, welding, and stoking a coal fire until the iron was red hot. During summer and winter vacations when Wang Hsi-kun was in elementary school, he would help his father by tending the fire.
出生於 1950 年的王錫坤記得，早年製作嗩吶需鑽孔、焊接，升起炭火燒紅烙鐵，國小寒暑假時，王錫坤會陪在一旁幫忙照顧炭火。