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Building solder Pyramids on Wurlitzer 200

Started by juniornoodle, January 02, 2015, 08:58:37 PM

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juniornoodle

I have a note on my Wurli 200 where the reed tip formed from solder needs to be shaped from scratch and am not sure of the technique for doing this. The note is D sharp 1 (key 7) so the size of the solder tip should be pretty big (I think about 3/16" tall by about 1/4" long). Does anyone have advice or a resource they can point me toward?

I also have a reed mold from Vintage Vibe but the reed in question falls outside the range of notes that the reed mold covers.

Thanks!

cinnanon

I dunno if this is good or bad but I put the reed into some vise-grips (lightly) and set them down so the reed is sideways on a table. Then I gob solder on it and file away. My wood top workbench rejects solder nicely.

juniornoodle

Alright, sounds good! Sounds like maybe I was over thinking this one. Just apply solder and file. I figured there might be some tricks because it's not as easy to do as it is to say, but I probably just need to practice a bit.