Doublereed Archive - Posting 000092.txt from 2003/05

From: "Judy Latz" <atlconcertband@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] WHERE do you make reeds?
Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 14:32:35 -0400

I make reeds at a small writing desk in a all-window corner of the kitchen.
The slanted writing desk top opens to expose all my tools, supplies, and
reeds-in-progress and when closed, all is hidden & you see only a little
desk. The light is great during the day and I have a piano lamp for working
at night and for back-light needed to check progress of the scrape. Like
Nat, I tend to finish lots of reeds during orchestra rehearsals. Fooling
with reeds keeps the double reed players from boredom while the strings
rehearse.
Judy Latz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nat Echols" <nat@-----.edu>
To: <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [DR-L] WHERE do you make reeds?

> > 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?
>
> Bedroom. I don't have a very large apartment, and the bedroom is the best
> insulated. (Actually, I usually make blanks on vacation at my parents'
> house - go on a two-week binge and then use these blanks over the course
> of the next year.) However, much of my reedmaking occurs in rehearsal.
> I've heard that this isn't considered very professional, but neither are
> the orchestras I play in.
>
> > And if someone would like to correspond with me off-list to share some
> > backstage symphony information, i'd be most appreciative.
>
> What kind of information? Most of my experiences concern student
> orchestras of various levels (unfortunately).
>
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