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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000061.txt from 2007/03

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] RE: Plastic binding for bassoon reeds
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:49:03 -0500

Why damp? How do you prevent the capillary action of the cyanoacrylate from
carrying the cement into the blade region? I cannot imagine that to be a
desirable result. There are cyano cements which have a thicker consistency;
have you tried them? Comments?
Thanks,
Herb

On 3/7/07 3:07 PM, "Lawrence Rhodes" <primobassoon@-----.net> wrote:

> No matter what you do you must make sure you have precise alignment &
> crushed contact between the two blades and tube halves. Nothing will
> prevent leakage if the reed isn't put together correctly. I have used all
> the methods of wraping a reed and the best yet and the one I've used for
> over 10 years (with commercial success) is cyanoacrylate. It is like water
> in consistency and penetrates the connection between the two halves of the
> reed. If your reed plays with nothing on it then to keep it together when
> dry use this method. It must be applied when damp just after crushing the
> tube for best results. I have never had one fall apart & I've made
> thousands. Lawrence Rhodes/Rhodes Reeds
>
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