Bassoon Drying Rack-3 FREE Handles 30+4 REMOVABLE Hex Sakakeeny Pins -Maple

Description

SAKAKEENY
Stainless Steel
Hex Based Pin
Forming Mandrel Set
30+4 Pin
Tiger Striped Maple
"REMOVABLE PIN"
Bassoon Drying Rack
plus
3
FREE
Matching Maple Wood
handles
plus
Matching Magnetic Base holder
for handles
plus
1 additional
FREE Pin
(
so 34 total pins)
Base-approx. 10"-12"x 3"- 4" x 3/4"
All Made in USA
!
NO PAYMENTS
for 6 months
using PayPal's
"PayPal Credit"
(on orders of or more)
(put multiple items in your CART to achieve qualifying amount)
This
listing is for a solid "Tiger Striped Maple" drying rack with 30+4
REM0VABLE Sakakeeny style HEX based pins.
Plus, 3 American
Tiger Striped Maple
wood handles & matching magnetic base holder:
1. Matching "Quick Release" handle
2. Matching
traditional "Thumb Screw/Set Screw" handle.
3
Matching allen wrench handle if you prefer a set screw to a thumb screw
4. Matching
Tiger Striped Maple
magnetic base holder for convenient access and storage for your 3 handles
If look you closely at the picture, you will see that this 30 pin rack actually has 33 pins (12 in the back row, 11 in the front row, & 10 in the front row-plus one additional pin)….. So- the "+4” are the FREE pins that are referred in the heading of this listing.
Mr. Sakakeeny has generously allowed me to use his design for a large production run of his mandrel tips.
I have met with him in his studio and he has personally measured these tips to make sure they are to his specifications.
He has also started using my Quick Release handles with my HEX based tips both for himself and his students. These tips are listed here, but also sold separately in my eBay store, with many configurations- both in size of rack, number of pins, and types of woods.
Here is a direct quote about the "Quick Release"
handles as well as the HEX base options:
"The hex shaped base of these forming tips is a great design because the mandrel is prevented from turning in the handle's socket when wrapping the reed with string. Also the quick release handle eliminates the need for an allen wrench or thumb screw."
The "Sakakeeny Style" stainless steel mandrel pin is quite unique in that it is purposely shorter in length so that it does not go too far beyond the first wire and has a precisely placed collar so that there is never any question about how far the mandrel pin should be inserted during the forming process. Here is a direct quote
from Mr. Sakakeeny's wonderful reed making eBook about his forming mandrel design:
"This method of forming the tube requires a forming mandrel that is not too long and that is fairly narrow at its tip. At full insertion, it should only extend a few millimetres past the first wire. At its bottom or hilt, it should be about 5mm in diameter. If the forming mandrel is too long, the cane will probably crack.”
(Excerpt From: George Sakakeeny. “Making Reeds Start to Finish.” Reed eBooks, 2012. iBooks. https://itun.es/us/SGVZU.l)
Mr. Sakakeeny prefers removable tips,
and recommends keeping the reed on the same forming mandrel tip during the drying process, as well as
wrapping process.
Do a search for George Sakakeeny.
He is an amazing player and teacher.
He has been professor of bassoon for over 26 years at the Oberlin Conservatory, and now is
the newly appointed bassoon professor at the Eastman School of Music.
Mr. Sakakeeny also has just released on iTunes a reed making "eBook" which is revolutionary in concept.
Not only is the content enlightening but within the book are numerous video clips of Mr Sakakeeny explaining and demonstrating all of his
concepts and methodologies.
It is unlike any reed making tutorial you will ever come across.
Check it out!!!!
“Making Reeds Start to Finish.” Reed eBooks, 2012. iBooks. https://itun.es/us/SGVZU.l
The pins in this rack are made of high grade stainless steel, per Mr. Sakakeeny's insistence, they are precision made from stainless steel and will never rust or tarnish. Although slightly more costly, the choice of stainless steel for these mandrels (not brass or standard less expensive steel), guarantees these tips will last a lifetime,
and additionally, provide an extremely smooth surface for forming
The hex formation at the bottom is specially constructed as to prevent slipping and rotating when used with the "Quick Release" handles I sell (check my other listings), or with the traditional "Thumb Screw" handles.
It is important to note that they are slightly larger at the base than typical mandrel tips, and may not fit into an existing thumb screw type handle that you already own. They are also made for drying
boards that have 19/64"/7.5mm holes, which is slightly larger than the the standard 1/4" (16/64") hole.
I also have many other inexpensive drying boards for sale in my online store, or, if you do not see what you want, I can custom make it for you.
These mandrel pins are precision made from stainless steel & will never tarnish. Although slightly more costly, the choice of stainless steel for these mandrels (not brass or standard less expensive steel), guarantees these tips will not rust or tarnish,
and additionally, provide an extremely smooth surface for forming.
Made
here in the USA, by a high tech machining company that does most of its work for GE & the military, the stainless tips are specially designed to match the ideal internal dimensions of the bassoon tube at the butt end, and in the critical area between the middle wire & throat.
As we all know, cane goes through some radical changes during its drying cycles....especially right after forming.
Longer rem
This 30+4 pin base & the magnetic base holder are all
made of
Tiger Striped Maple
, as are the 3 handles you will receive to go with it.
Please check my ratings, & also check my eBay store for many more  items of interest to bassoonists.