how to remove and install
________________________________Removing
old reeds
1:
Insert the tip of a screwdriver or knife in the wax just above the frame
_________________________________Reducing
chambers
2:
Mark the length required with a pencil, and cut the material with scissors or 3: Glue the material on the reed side wall of the chamber, flush with the outside edge. 4: Repeat for the top of the chamber. Use any water based glue.
5: The new reeds are valved and in pitch order.
You can hear the pitch of the reeds
_________________________________ Installing the 6: Position the reed on the reed block. 7: Position the old wax around the frame. Add new wax if necessary 8: Heat the tip of a screw driver, or use a warm (not hot) soldering iron.
9:
Touch the wax with the hot screwdriver/soldering iron just long enough
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