In Seattle…
Friday April 25 2008
I’m in Seattle today. I spent a good amount of time with Adam Shapiro, who I met on my previous trip up here. This time we got down to some real business, starting off with trying his oboes again, and finely tuning 4 RDG… 2 reeds exactly to his taste. He was very please with them, and he ended up with a total of 5 really good reeds that he liked.
Meanwhile, he’s been incredibly generous by lending me his Stanesby-Kube Baroque oboe, and taught me some fingerings. I left his house with three baroque oboe reeds.
Besides reeds, we played with his profilers, my gouging machines, and played duets. it was great with both of us playing on Howarth XLs, and we blended quite nicely. We both have very similar playing styles, and in many ways it felt like playing with your teacher: same ideas and concepts and tone. Except he kicked my butt on the technical passages. Hard.
Anyways, it was a good time, and I’m very grateful for his hospitality and time. I was also hoping to go up to Peter’s in Bellingham, but I’m not feeling well today so I think I should take it easy. I have to drive back tomorrow.
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