Double Reeders (the end)

[Barbara E. Richmond]

At 05:08 PM 9/7/96 -0400, you wrote:

> 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 >>
>
>Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry to hear about your carotid artery or whatever, but WAS
>THE REED OKAY??
>
>Bob Davis, RPT

Well, if you insist....but that's the end of my contributions to this thread.

The reed splintered in my neck--ouch!  The fun part after the incident was
sitting around in the lobby (as music majors tend to do during practice
breaks) exercising our intellects by coming up with a story line for the
movie "Attack of the Killer Bassoon Reed."  Basically the plot involved how
the all the members of an orchestra were "done in" by their respective
instruments. (Kind of an Alien thing--picking off folks one by one.)
Obviously the piano was the easiest--the lid merely came crashing down on
the pianist when it was opened. My favorite was the French horn player who
placed his hand in the bell of the horn and was sucked in.

:-)

Barbara Richmond, RPT
Palestine, Texas