PRODUCTS > REED SUPPLIES

To order any of the following products please send us an EMAIL and provide your name, mailing address (no P.O. Box addresses, if possible), telephone number and/or email address, which items you wish to purchase and how many of each.

You will be contacted via email or phone for payment options. Shipments may take 1-2 weeks. $3.00 for shipping. Personal or Cashier Checks may be made payable to Barrick Stees.

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Item 1: Mandrel Pins

$6.00 ea.

Custom made, stainless steel plated mandrel pins. Thanks to Ken Potsic
for his design of these pins.

 

  • Collar on shank for uniform forming and uniform tube diameter
  • 1/4" shank
  • Complex set of tapers conforms to inside taper of Barrick Stees's reeds from butt end to collar
  • There are three different tapers that are blended together that approximate the taper of the interior of the tube and throat of the reed more closely than any other mandrel pin available
  • The shank of each pin is specially machined for a better grip in the pin vise
  • Doubles as forming mandrel and drying rack pin
  • Blank stays on same pin from forming to drying.
 

Item 2: Mandrel Pins and Drying Rack

Add $15.00 to include a wood drying rack to your mandrel pin order.

All drying racks are custom made. Please specify the number of holes you wish to have for the mandrel pins.

 

Item 3: Pin Vise

$15.00 ea.

  • Accepts 1/4 " diameter pins
  • Acts as a forming mandrel handle
  • Unscrew chuck to remove pin
 

Item 4: Long Rubber Bands

$2.00 for one (1) package of 12

Click here to learn more about forming your reed using rubber bands