THREAD & WRAPPING SUPPLIES
Thread
Nylon reed thread is offered in a wide variety of colors, three spool sizes, and two thicknesses.
There are many units of measurement for thread, but the most common are U.S. Government (Mil. Spec.), Tex, and Denier.
Denier is the mass in grams of 9,000 meters of thread.
Tex is the mass in grams of 1,000 meters of thread.
 | Reed Thread, Tex 126, 270 yard spool 250 meters of size 126 reed thread on a plastic spool. Very slightly smaller than size FF. See all the G-04 colors Colors available are: Black, Med. Blue, Bordeaux, Brown, Green, Lilac, Multicolor, Neon Green, Neon Orange, Neon Pink, Neon Multicolor, Purple, White, & Yellow. |  |
 | Reed Thread, Tex 138 (FF), 200 Yard Spool Nylon reed thread in the thicker FF gauge, 200 yards on a double ended spool. See all the G-20 colors Colors available are: Aqua, Black, Burgundy, Gold, Lime Green, Mahogany, Navy, Peach, Pink, Purple, Neon Pink, Red, Royal Blue, Teal, White, & Yellow. |  |
 | Reed Thread, FF+, 300 Yard Spool Nylon reed thread, slightly thicker than FF, 300 yards on a tall spool. See all the G-26 colors Colors available are: Sky Blue, Bright Green, Purple, Pink Blue Yellow Multi, Yellow Red Blue Orange Multi, Red Yellow Green Blue Multi, Yellow Aqua Green Multi, & Red Purple Yellow Multi. |  |
Brass Wire
Bassoon Reed Wire. 75 ft. of 22 gauge, soft brass wire in a convenient dispenser package.Bassoon Reed Wire.60 ft. of 21 gauge soft brass wire.
English Horn Reed Wire. 100 ft. of 24 gauge, soft brass wire in a convenient dispenser package.
Drying Racks
| Wooden Bassoon Reed Drying Racks. Precision machined pins, fixed in an oil finished walnut base. |  | |||||||||||||||
| Aluminum Bassoon Reed Drying Racks. Precision machined pins, fixed in a base of solid aluminum with a brushed satin finished and a non skid rubber bottom. Very stable and stylish!. |  | |||||||||||||||
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Sealers
| Duco Cement Duco Cement. An all-purpose adhesive preferred by many bassoonists to secure the thread of the turban, as well as the wires and to seal leaks in the reed. The practical one ounce dispenser bottle reduces waste. |
| Heat Shrink Tubing For bassoon reeds. Used for sealing the reed and stabilizing the bottom wire. 3/8" diameter x 12" long, enough for more than 20 reeds. Shrink by holding reed to the side of a small alcohol or butane flame. Colors available are: Black, Blue, Green, & Red. |
| Bees Wax For waxing reed thread, sealing octave vents, etc. Aprox. 1/2 oz. Cake |
| Parafilm. A modern replacement for goldbeater's skin. Very stretchy, doesn't shrivel and fall off when wet. 4" X 10" sheet Goldbeater's Skin. Some call it "fish skin". A thin membrane for sealing leaking oboe reeds. Small sheet: (Ca. 65 square inches) Large sheet: (Ca. 130 square inches) | Goldbeaters's Skin1. This is prepared from the external or peritoneal coat of the coecum or blind gut of neat2 cattle. The workman separates and turns over the part which encircles the junction of the pouch with the rest of the intestines, and draws it off, inverted, from the other coats to the length of 25 or 30 inches. It is then soaked for a short time in a weak potash liquor3, and is next cleaned by scraping with a knife upon a board; it is then soaked in water, and afterwards stretched upon a kind of frame from 40 to 50 inches long and 11 inches wide. This frame consists of two uprights held together by two cross-bars, having longitudinal grooves 21 lines4 in width. The outer surface of the membrane is placed in contact with the upper part of the frame, and it is stretched in every direction, after which it is glued to its rim. Another membrane is then stretched over the first, with its outer surface upward, and secured by glueing round its edges. When dry, the membranes are separated by passing a knife along the grooves. Each strip is then glued upon a similar frame, but without grooves, and is washed over with a weak solution of alum, made by dissolving one ounce of alum in two quarts of water. When dry, the surface is wiped over with a sponge dipped in a strong solution of fish-glue in white wine, flavoured with clove, nutmeg, or camphor. When this is dry a coating of white of eggs is applied, and after again drying each strip is cut up into pieces 5½ inches square, which are then smoothed under a press and afterwards made up into leaves. 1) Alexander Watt. 1906. Leather Manufacture. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co. |
