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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 2008/04

From: "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br>
Subj: [DR-L] L] Leak Geek Wow!-pt.2
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:10:01 -0400

Tried leak geak in the orchestra today and the notes which don~t always
respond so easily flowed in Mend. 5th symphony. Would like to know if any
bassoons have also tried the geak or EHs
Plse share your comments on this great invention(David Crispin,plse send my
payment for this endorsement to my secret Swiss account)
----- Original Message -----
Subject: [DR-L] Leak Geek Wow!

> Dear Lists
> Hats off to a genius--I am speaking of David Crispin of Jackson,Ms. and
> his Leak Geek.
> A shame it wasn~t invented centuries ago when I first began tootliung the
> oboe and always was abusing fishskin(or goldbeater skin for our English
> friends).
> Just arrived from NYC with some more fishskin purchased at the Oboe Works
> there and on arrival Leak Geek was also waiting for me in the post-mail.
> .So I decided to try the latter and really it seals up the reed from top
> to bottom--something fishskin does not do.The idea is to apply the seal
> wherever is needed and tonight three reeds I was ready to re-tie are
> playing sealed up.
> Reminds me of my first--expensive--lessons on the oboe ages ago when
> Charles Kuskin--where is he now--spent two sessions on tying reeds
> ,insisting that they should be so air-tight that no fishskin would be
> needed.For years I thought his was the ideal solution rather than a
> realistic approach to reed-maing until the geek arrived.
> Prediction--the leak geek could eventually substitute fishskin.
> My fishskin and nailpolish to seal it are still waiting on the reed
> work-table to be used.
> Again hats off to David Crispin--who is in the great tradition of American
> inventors.
>
> Rgds,
>
> Harold Emert
> Rio de Janeiro-Brazil.
>
>

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