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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000085.txt from 2003/05

From: "Stacey Helmbrecht" <stacey_oboe@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] WHERE do you make reeds?
Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 19:35:31 -0400

Donna,

I can't wait to read this novel. You seem to have a
wonderful sence of humor! Please let us know when
it comes out.

Stacey

>From: "donna sparks" <almost-art@-----.com>
>Reply-To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
>To: <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
>Subject: [DR-L] WHERE do you make reeds?
>Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 15:05:19 -0700
>
>I'm lurking here enjoying your information flow and gathering 'local color'
>for a novel i'm writing which includes a bassoonist and other symphony
>musicians. I've plagiairized information on earplugs for musicians, and
>the risks of playing bassoon or oboe 'in motion', and determined that one
>has to be a mechanical engineer and botanist as well as a muscian to play
>these instruments.
>
>So, if i am laying out the living quarters for my characters, where do you
>make your reeds? kitchen, bath, music room, potting shed, root cellar? And
>if someone would like to correspond with me off-list to share some
>backstage symphony information, i'd be most appreciative.
>
>Oh, and i've been trying to figure out how to do circular, or double
>circular, breathing-- without benefit of instrument. Sure glad i don't have
>a video camera transmitting on this PC.
>
>Donna