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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000038.txt from 2004/10
From: Douglas Huff <DM-Huff@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Beginner Bassoon - Again - Reed Blues
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:47:53 -0400
Don,
Herb is right --- you need help with reeds. Susanville is high desert (5,000
ft?), seasons are changing and so will your reeds (and your instrument). You
need to find someone who can help you adjust your reeds accordingly --- and
you need to really soak 'em --- in high desert they can dry out in a
measure's rest...
Doug
On 10/5/04 12:06 PM, "herb fawcett" <herbgosia@-----.net> wrote:
> 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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