6. THE METHOD OF MAKING A RED SWITCH HAVING AN ELONGATED TUBULAR GLASS ENVELOPE, SAID ENVELOPE HAVING SEALED THROUGH THE ENDS THEREOF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED CLOSELY SPACED AND OVERLAPPING ELONGATED REED ELEMENTS, SAID METHOD INCLUDING THE STEPS OF SUPPORTING A TUBULAR GLASS MEMBER IN A VERTICAL POSITION, INSERTING A FIRST REED ELEMENT INTO SAID TUBULAR MEMBER FROM ONE END THEREOF, INSERTING A SECOND REED ELEMENT FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID TUBULAR ELEMENT AND POSITIONING SAID SECOND REED ELEMENT SO THAT THE INNER ENDS OF SAID REEDS ARE IN A PREDETERMINED OVERLAPPING SPACED RELATION WITH THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID REEDS EXTENDING THROUGH THE OPEN ENDS OF SAID TUBULAR GLASS MEMBER, PROVIDING A PURGING GAS AT THE LOWER END OF SAID GLASS MEMBER FOR PURGING THE AIR FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID MEMBER, AND THEREAFTER APPLYING SEALING FIRES TO THE OPEN ENDS OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER TO SEAL SAID ENDS VACUUM TIGHT TI SAID REEDS.

7. APPARATUS FOR ELONGATED CONNECTORS WHICH COMPRISES: ONTO A PAIR OF ELONGATED CONNECTORS WHICH COMPRISES: A PAIR OF CONNECTOR CLAMPS EACH ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A CONNECTOR IN EXTENDING RELATION TOWARDS THE OTHER OF SAID CONNECTORS, A GLASS TUBE SUPPORT DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID CLAMPS, ONE OF SAID CONNECTOR CLAMPS BEING MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER OF SAID CLAMPS FOR ACCURATELY POSITIONING CONNECTORS HELD IN SAID CLAMPS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, MEANS FOR PURGING AIR FROM A GLASS TUBE SUPPORTED BY SAID TUBE SUPPORT, A PAIR OF ANNULAR BURNERS EACH HAVING A SECTORIAL OPENING IN THE PERIPHERY THEREOF, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID BURNERS TO A POSITION WHERE THE BURNERS SUBSTANTIALLY SURROUND PORTIONS OF SAID TUBE FOR SEALING SAID TUBE ONTO SAID REEDS.