Update
Wednesday July 02 2008
Well, my summer plans have been going down the drain quickly.
Things didn’t work out for me to go down to Arizona. We crunched all of the numbers, and financially we just couldn’t make up the big difference, so I’m still stuck here in Oregon.
I was still going to meet the Webers in Utah for the IDRS… convention, play on the masterclasses and work at their booth, but now they themselves are not planning on going due to some last minute family difficulties! So now it looks as though I might not even make it to IDRS….
I’m taking two classes here at the UofOregon, trying to blast out some of my requirements to leave more time during the school year for playing/practicing. They’re sucking up all of my time and energy.
I am backed up on reed orders. After returning from Seattle a week ago, I got a horrible canker sore in my mouth, too painful to play and make reeds, that that set me back a ways. I’ll be catching up on those this weekend.
Seattle was great. Adam and I had a great time at his house and he loved the reeds I brought him. My best reeds seem to be coming from my Brannen X shape, and he ordered 8 more. Meanwhile, he has an Udo Heng profiling machine that he’s trying to get a new profile based upon my scrape. If we’re able to get a good one, I will definitely be investing in one myself. I recently spoke to a music store in the Seattle area looking to replace their reed supplier, now that Jones is in legal trouble and last we heard is at least 8 months or so from production.
I also spent a good amount of time with Laila Storch at her house, asking and getting supplementary information that was not completely clarified in her book. She confirmed a lot of theories I had, and gave me good direction in my research.
One book discussed in my Music of the Romantic Era class is the Whig Interpretation of History which basically states that it is difficult for one to recollect and document history, because man’s tendency is to take the evidence (quotes, facts, etc) out of its original context to fit their specific argument. Ms. Storch agreed with this theory, and noted that she didn’t think she was the right person to write the book, namely because she felt she was “too close to the action” to give an unbiased opinion. I find this very relevant to my research with Tabuteau, and we discussed how difficult it is for someone of my generation to discover “the real Tabuteau” since there’s been so many of his students who teach different sounds, styles, playing, concepts of air, tonguing, and reedmaking. With everyone running around saying “this is what Tabuteau taught—” to lend creedance their style of playing, it’s practically impossible for I to find the “true Tabuteau”. That said, tne thing she did state was that I was right to listen to de Lancie. As she put it, “He probably got the most complete picture, but not the intensity in the upper register that Tabuteau had.”
Back to writing this paper. These classes are killing me.
Adam Shapiro
Jul 4, 2008
Just read my post, please excuse the awful spelling. It’s late and the kids were tormenting us today.
Cheers,
A.
Suvayd
Jul 6, 2008
Cooper,
That’s a major bummer about your summer plans being scrapped. And as for the canker sores, I know all about them as my husband had 3 really bad ones, including one on the tongue, that were just about as debilitating as the flu and made him (and me) miserable for about 2 weeks. :(
But how exciting that you got to meet Mrs. Storch in Seattle! I’ve exchanged a bunch of emails with her and she seems like the friendliest person you could imagine. It must have been so great to have a real talk with her about Tabuteau: are you writing a paper about him?? She also wrote to me once that she felt de Lancie was perhaps the most representative of Tabuteau’s students; it’s nice to know she hasn’t changed her mind. 
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Jul 4, 2008
Hey Coop,
Sorry to hear about the Webers. I hope you are able to make it down to Provo anyway. Who am I gonna drink Scotch with otherwise???
I am sending you some staples on monday for the Bx reeds. Meanwhile, I just got a “Lucarelli” westwind shaper tip. I made 4 reeds on it, and they are “OK”. The shape is very (VERY) stable, with more color in the sound than the Mack shapes, but the Bx is better all around. Maybe I need a thinner gouge for the Lucarelli???. Meanwhile, I pumped out a few reeds using my Bx original. I have yet to find anyhting I like better. I ordersed some cane from Gilberts shaped on the Mack ++ tip. I havn’t tried it yet, bu titlooks promising. It’s funny, according t the micrometer, there isn’t much difference between this and the old Phieffer Mack tip, but it sure looks a whole lot wider to my eye. Have you ever used this ne?
Adamsh
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