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Re: Plasticover Reeds

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2020-07-25 23:10

I worked at Rico - makers of the plasticovers, for many years. The cover coating on the reeds are actually sprayed, not dipped or anything like that. The coating in liquid form is actually pretty toxic until it dries/cures.

The reed bark are place on a long double stick coating, tape, type of backboard. Pretty much like double stick tape.

Then the reeds are sprayed on the back and front vamp area, leaving the bark free of the covering. This was invented in the 1950's 1960's by Herman Hanson. He was a wonderful kind man. He passed on in the 1990's, and lived about 85 years, however he retired in 1984. He was a dear friend of mine.

He joined Rico in the early 1940's when Rico had a total of 3 reed machines! Now there are around 32 or so. Each reed machine can cut a reed between 3 to 6 seconds, depending on the length of the reeds, such as the very long and wide bari sax reed to the very short Eb clarinet reed.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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