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 Re: Teflon tape as Goldbeater's Skin
Author: Oboe Craig 
Date:   2012-04-17 20:49

Its teflon tape for me here out.

And aside from fixing air leaks I find it useful in a couple other ways.

Since I overlap my American scrape reeds, It helps hold the overlap where I want it. And if I need to increase it or reduce it, it helps hold that, too.

The other thing it does for me is hold my english horn reed wire in the exact place I want it, which otherwise tends to slip once the reed dries and shrinks a little.

Since I tend to tie up 150 blanks a couple times a year, they can also dry to the point of leaking a little once I get ready to make a reed out of them. The teflon fixes that day 1 -3 problem, and about %80 of the time can then be removed and the reed continues to seal well w/o the tape. (It is possible some tape reside is doing something for me, but if so, it is so small or embedded into the reed blades that I cannot detect it.

I keep a roll in my carry around case with other provisions for the unexpected, and I'd say about 1/4 to 1/3 of my performance-worthy reeds retain the tape for the duration of reed life.

It is great stuff.
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