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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2006/09

From: Richard Ramey <rcramey@-----.edu>
Subj: [DR-L] Thanks to Gerry Corey on John Grant info
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:07:26 -0400

Hi, everyone,

Thanks to Gerry Corey on the fascinating bit of information
concerning John Grant. My first bassoon teacher, Chris Holdcraft,
turned me on to him as a supplier of blanks as I started to learn the
art of reedmaking. I was in 6th grade at that time and it all seemed
so mysterious (still does).

I always liked how he would write such extensive letters to his
customers, many times, with hand-drawn examples of how to trim the
reeds. I think at the time, I was paying $1.50 per blank. I still
have the old reeds (well, I still have every reed that I've ever made
or played on but that's a whole other crazy story)..

--Richard Ramey

On Sep 18, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Gerald E. Corey wrote:

> Hello Richard (et al) I do rememer John Grant. He was a
> multimillionaire who loved making commercial bassoon reeds. He made
> his fortune, he wrote to me, in RCA endeavors in the east before
> moving to Chicago. He once offered to buy up 100 copies of my
> bassoon newsletter "To The World's Bassoonists" to help expand my
> mailing list back in 1970. Nice guy. Don't know if he is still with
> us, but would love to know more about him someday. Sincerely,
> Gerald Corey, Ottawa
>

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