Now we have a completed blank, we need to make it fit the mandrel by reaming, make the collar nice, then finally scrape on the blade. You’ll also find out that I’m a big cheater here.
All posts for the month February, 2011
Reed Making: how I do it, part 3.
Posted by Trent on February 13, 2011
https://tjbassoon.com/2011/02/13/reed-making-how-i-do-it-part-3/
Reed Making: how I do it, part 2.
Picking up where my previous post leaves off, we now have a piece of cane folded over and the tube made round. We still have to seal the tube up and create a fulcrum to maintain the tip opening by beveling and putting on the wires. Then we wrap the turban and seal with Duco cement.
Posted by Trent on February 13, 2011
https://tjbassoon.com/2011/02/13/reed-making-how-i-do-it-part-2/
DMA Done
Finishing up the last bits of depositing my thesis. Here’s the final version on scribd:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/48614271/Elements-of-Jazz-in-Bassoon-Solo-Repertoire
Yay!
Scribd is kinda lame. Nevermind. I’ll just host it locally.
https://trentjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/thesis.pdf
In sad news The Magnetrons broke up. Boo…. Oh well.
Posted by Trent on February 13, 2011
https://tjbassoon.com/2011/02/13/dma-done/