After forming, it is time to add another wire (the 4th wire) and then wrap. Some people do not use the 4th wire, but they are weird and we shall not speak more of them here. The 4th wire helps to prevent future leaks and since we are rather poor reed makers, this is an extremely important step and we take all the possible precautions!
Once you have added (or not added if you are really silly) the 4th wire, you can make sure the wires are in the correct locations on the reed. It is always good to double check your measurements as the reed changes over time and things get jostled throughout the process.
NEW AND IMPROVED REED MEASUREMENTS!
For a limited time only, get these new reed measurements, straight from the mouth of Mary as you read this post! Don't mess around with those pesky old measurements! Get the new ones that are right and not wrong like that other lever... I mean set of measurements:
1) Measure 29 mm from the bottom for the collar mark.
2) Measure 28 mm from the bottom of each end of the reed for the first wire.
3) Measure 18 mm from the bottom for the second wire.
4) Measure 6-7 mm from the bottom for the third wire.
5) Put the fourth wire as close to the bottom as you can get it.
THREADING! Just like knitting your mom a sweater... except... nothing like that...
More like weaving your neighbor a turban... kind of like that... Here are the steps:
1) Cut about 5-6 feet of thread (about the length across both arms and your chest)
2) Cut the 3rd wire's excess wire so that it still wraps around, but barely sticks out.
3) Wrap one end around the bottom of the 3rd wire.
4) Make a figure eight from the 3rd wire up to the first, around, and back down to the 3rd.
5) Wrap around the 3rd wire again.
6) Then wrap in a sin(x) curve manner around the third wire, using the wire as the x-axis.
(For those of you less mathematically inclined, this is a wave that goes above and below the wire.)
7) Continue going above and below the wire until the thread completely covers the 3rd wire.
8) Then wrap straight around and up until you get to the 2nd wire.
9) At this point, get back out your handy-dandy NOTEBOOK! I mean... PLIERS!
10) Bend the 1st wire down so you can slip the end of the thread through the loop,
11) Then pull hard at the other end so that the loop pulls the knot created behind the wrapping.
12) Cut off excess thread.
13) It should look something like this... except better...
14) The last stage of wrapping is securing the thread with Duco Cement. It is pretty messy so be sure to have a Handy-Dandy Paper-Towel ready for excess, but really you just need to put cement on the entirety of the wrapping and then set it to dry for at least 2 hours.
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