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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000013.txt from 2006/09
From: Mary Anne Fleet <mafleet@-----.com>
Subj: [DR-L] Bassoon Reed Clinic -- Grand Junction, Colorado
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:41:32 -0400
On Saturday afternoon, September 9, from 1:00 to 5:00, Harvey Fleet of
the Lakewood Symphony (Lakewood, Colorado) and Ken Heitt of the Grand
Junction Symphony will give a clinic on the making and scraping of
bassoon reeds. The clinic will be held in the band room of Mesa State
College, 1100 North Avenue (12th and North Avenue) in Grand Junction,
Colorado. It is free and open to the public -- including non-bassoonists
(such as parents!!).
We will discuss and demonstrate all aspects of reed-making, from sources
of cane and tools, tool sharpening, and purchase of pre-milled pieces of
cane (gouged, shaped, profiled), to tube selection, tube splitting,
gouging, shaping, profiling, beveling, scoring, and forming, wiring,
lacquering, and wrapping the blank. We will demonstrate the use of a
pre-gouger, the final gouger, straight and fold-over shapers, a blade
profiler, and a reed-tip profiler, a machine for profiling the tip of the
finished reed blank (prior to final hand scraping). We will also cover
sources of commercial, finished reeds.
In the hands-on section of the clinic participants will form and wire the
tube and reed blank from gouged, shaped, and profiled pieces of cane.
Participants will also have the opportunity to wrap and lacquer dry
pre-formed blanks, and then to ream, carve, and play-test reed blanks
that they carve themselves.
Participants should bring their reed- making and reed-carving tools and
their instruments.
The clinic is designed for all levels of bassoonists -- from beginning
students to experienced reed makers and players. Beginning reed makers
will find it interesting and educational to see how reeds are made. We
particularly invite skilled reed makers to join us and contribute their
experience and knowledge.
It is important that you make a reservation, so that we don't overbook
the session! (If you just show up, we may not have room for you!) To
reserve your slot, email ken@-----. If you
make a reservation, please do your best to attend!
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