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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000054.txt from 2007/03

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] RE: Plastic binding for bassoon reeds
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:57:06 -0500

Harry,
Whatever you may say, you both sounded impressive. As I told Garfield, you
guys set a new standard of bassoon playing. I hope he isn't pissed by my
remark, as I like his playing a lot too.
The glue (I use low temp non-toxic) dries/sets to a reasonably hard surface=
,
which if flat and smooth enough can be written on with a ball-point pen. To
get to that point it takes a little practice, or you can use an Xacto to cu=
t
a flat on the things. I think this stuff is going to solve the problem I am
having with my (sold) reeds disassembling after a long storage.I wrap with
cotton after several days of drying with only wire, and I try to get some
sealant on the cane itself, but the things are starting to show slippage.
Been doing this stuff since 1955, and never had this problem with my reeds
or Sol's.
If you refer to the heat-shrink tubes, they work fine, but I suggest that
you put some sort of sealant on the tube first, or they can leak. Keeping
the 3rd wire in place is also a problem on some. The only German tubes I
know of are the ones I got from Heckel in the 50's and they were water
soaked before slipping them on the tube. Needless to say, when wet again,
they slipped around - worthless!
I have heard of something which has the ball already wrapped and one just
slips it on the formed tube...Can't imagine. I do like the glue and suggest
you give it a whirl. Costco has cordless low-temp glue guns for less than
$20.00, and I imagine they are available in hobby shops (do such still
exist?) I use a product called "Mod-Podge" which I get in art stores. It is
a water based gunk in a convenient jar which is used in decoupage and it
works very well alone or over string. It does require a seal coat over it i=
f
you want to get rid of a slightly "sticky" feel. I use water based Urethane
varnish for that job when I am using it.
I got some new shrink tubes at Forrests in Berkeley, and they feel differen=
t
from my usual ones. They may be stable enough to use, but only time will
tell. Meanwhile hot glue!
Stick to it!
Herb=20

On 3/6/07 7:28 PM, "Harry Searing" <hsearing@-----.net> wrote:

> Herb,=20
>=20
> Some day I=B9ll try a glue gun, I=B9ve heard other people endorse it. I just
> hate wrapping reeds! Is the finished coating sort of soft (like wax,
> duh!)?
>=20
> And thanks for the nice comments about Frank=B9s CD. I can=B9t take that
> much credit for it, it=B9s Frank=B9s show. I=B9m just a guest artist.
>=20
> Anyone ever try those plastic sleeves that go on the tube? There=B9s some
> great German name for them =AD I can=B9t find it right now. I was wondering
> how you get the third wire underneath it to stay in place. They looked
> funny, too.
>=20
> Harry

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