The following are the supplies needed for the reed making videos found at bassoonreeds.byu.edu

Processing the Cane

• Tube cane
  • West Music
  • Hodge Products
• Pencil
• Knife for splitting cane
• Pregouger
• Container for soaking cane
• Cane cutter
• Dial micrometer
• Gouger
• Wet/dry sandpaper
• Profiler
• Ruler or other straight edge
• Foldover shaper
  • Shaper tip
  • Shaper handle
• Straight shaper
• Razor blade

Forming the Reed

• GSP cane
• Exacto knife (#11 blade)
• Easel or 1″ diameter wooden dowel
• Ruler
• Soft, round brass wire
  • 22 gauge
  • 23 gauge
• Pliers
• Cotton butcher twine
• Butane torch
• Forming mandrel
  • Christlieb Tip with a Womble/Williams handle
  • Reiger
• Drying rack

Finishing the Reed

Wrapping and Clipping the Tip

• Shrink tubing (3/8″ Polyolefin)
• Lighter
• Duco cement
• #10 mercerized cotton thread
• Holding mandrel
• Spiral reamer
• Tip clipper
• Wet/dry sandpaper

Day 1 Scrape and Beyond

• Three Square Needle Diamond File (33.975–made by Grobet)
• (More coming soon)