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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000037.txt from 2004/10
From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Beginner Bassoon - Again - Reed Blues
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:08:17 -0400
Don,
Your letter has tugged at my heart-strings; here is a guy doing all the
right things (Weiatt/Herzberg etc) with a decent bassoon ( the 240). You are
wise to seek a professional teacher. You need help with the reed!
First, the easiest way to change response is with the wires. A flatter oval
throat will result in a more lively and responsive, albeit possibly flatter,
reed. Any cane removal will have more effect if done in the first 5mm of the
tip, and can ruin the reed. I make reeds for several professionals, and
would be happy to supply one to you if you desire. At least that way I can
be sure that your troubles are not related to the reed, because these are
the same as I use for myself.
My website is www.herbsreeds.com
Herb
> From: "Don Gerue" <don@-----.com>
> Reply-To: doublereed@-----.org
> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:51:25 -0700
> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
> Subject: [DR-L] Beginner Bassoon - Again - Reed Blues
>
> Good Morning List:
>
> I tried the bassoon in Santa Barbara in 1962 and 1989 for about 6 months
> each. In march I was contacted by the local Susanville Symphony group and
> asked if I would please get going again as the Pony express does not deliver
> many bassoonists to North Eastern California. So I got a new bassoon (Fox
> 240) and a good teacher in Reno ( Chris Hazlett-Stevens) and started
> practicing again. I have now been at it for 6 months and I think for a
> rather older student, (74) that I am doing pretty good ( Teacher says so
> anyway) .
>
> All of this being said, there is one thing that I hope to get more help
> with. The subject is reed adjustment. If there is a sure way to make me sad
> for the day, it is to get up in the morning. Sit down to practice and find
> that my reed (reeds) don't seem to be as good as yesterday. I have read a
> good variety of instruction materials and they all help but an area that
> seems to be recurring and distressing is response in the low registers. The
> first practice I do in the morning is the Long tones, Waite warm-up and then
> Hertzberg patterns. The Hertzberg patterns start on contra B and most days
> the notes just do not want to speak immediately. I then do what I can with
> wires and scraping the reed at the top and slowly things start to improve.
> I have been using several different types of reeds but the ones I am using
> now are reasonably new and probably only have a few hours on them.
>
> I am sure there must be a lot of people with equivalent problems. Could you
> please give me some additional things to try or a strategy that will help me
> cope with the morning "Reed Blues". I think I could write a poem on my
> frustration with the contrariness of Bassoon Reeds.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Don Gerue
>
> Don Gerue
> 718-000 Desert Pine Trail
> Milford,CA 96121
> 530 253 3978
> don@-----.net
> www.Gerue.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lacy, Edwin [mailto:el2@-----.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:29 AM
> To: doublereed@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [DR-L] I'm guilty... Re: [DR-L] beginner bassoon
>
>
> From: Douglas Huff:
>
> <<<I am the person who required eight doublereed technique students to
> subscribe to the doublereed listserv and post a message.>>>
>
> Ha! Busted! That's quite a coincidence, Doug, considering that you and I
> spoke on the phone last night for the first time in a long time, about an
> entirely different subject.
>
> I wasn't offended by the messages from your students. When I saw the first
> few questions I had an almost irresistible urge to write about each one.
> But then, when they kept appearing, I think I despaired about writing about
> all of them.
>
> Still, I think you had a good idea. The doublereed list is a valuable
> resource. The plan probably would have worked if the students had lurked a
> while to get the "lay of the land," so to speak.
>
> In fact, I might steal parts of your idea and try something similar with my
> woodwind techniques class next semester.
>
> Ed Lacy
>
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