At 05:15 PM 9/6/96 -0600, you wrote: >>Les, >> >>>On Thu, 5 Sep 1996 DMPorritt@aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> Double reed people really have no latitude on the flat side. They bug >>>>me all >>>> the time to tune to 442 AT LEAST!.. >>>> >>>> Dave Porritt >>>> >>> >>>However, admit it Dave, double-reed people exist in an almost, but not- >>>quite parallel universe all their own! :) >>> >>>Les Smith >>>lessmith@buffnet.net >> >> Careful Les. One never knows what double-reed people are out there >>watching. <G> (From one who played bassoon for years). >> >>Avery > >I am a former double reed player myself, having somehow managed to finagle >a MM in Woodwinds with a double reed emphasis. I can take my two college >degrees and a couple of bucks and buy a cup of coffee practically anywhere >:-)... > >During my college days, a few of we "double-reeders" would occasionally get >together and hold a s=E9ance to try and contact the living. > >Regards. > >Tom Seay >School of Music >The University of Texas at Austin > It=92s that reed making that is responsible for double reeders =93other worldliness.=94 It=92s all those hours spent trying to coax/whittle every= bit of responsiveness possible out of the blasted things (only to have them knocked off the music stand and stomped on by someone). Luckily, today there are 12 step groups aimed at helping the afflicted (DRA--Double Reeders Anonymous). Wait a minute--is there a tendency for double reed players to become piano technicians? And/or is there something about the combination of the two that makes people end up in Texas? Barbara Richmond, RPT (who survived a reed in the neck when someone unexpectedly barged into her practice room when she and her bassoon were in the way.....) Palestine, Texas
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