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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000026.txt from 2007/10

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Far away places or More e mails about myself
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:37:23 -0400

Both extremes are bad. Humid, hot climates leave reeds soggy and then
they go moldy. Dry climates causes reeds to dry out, even when
they're in your mouth being played! My climate is both high and
dry...even worse. A moderately moist climate at a low elevation
seems to be best. I once played a big band gig in Chicago on Navy
Pier. Coming from my high and dry Ogden, Utah, I thought it was idea.
The air was thick and dense. Playing alto and clarinet was like
putting 100+ octane aviation fuel in the old Buick Skylark. I got
lots of milage out of every breath when playing those long phrased of
Glenn Miller tunes. Reeds played much better too. My fairly good
clarinet reed became vary good and my very good Alto reed became
totally excellent. They didn't dry out on me, either while playing or
when under their mouthpiece caps. Yes.......some of us have it good
and some of us have it not so good. I have often wondered how a
traveling orchestra survives a gig in San Diego one night and then
has to play two days later in Mexico City.

Richard Bush

On Oct 3, 2007, at 1:10 PM, herb fawcett wrote:

> I was there for just two seasons with Stokowski. Damned hot, but I
> had only
> recently left Philadelphia, so the humidity didn't seem unusual.
> Phoenix was
> hotter but as they say, drier (more like an oven). Good oboists in
> both-dense
> locations.
> Herb
>
>
> On 10/3/07 10:40 AM, "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org> wrote:
>
>>> Are there places in the world with a more oppressive climate than
>>> Savannah,
>>> Atlanta, or Charleston SC?
>>
>> Houston
>>
>>> Are there oboists there?
>>
>> The symphony & opera seem to think so ...
> g
>

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