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Author: Bryanwalker
Date: 2011-10-27 13:15
I recently starting experimenting with a bunch of staples I bought a few years ago. The staples are made by "Singing dog double reed" and they don't work on my Howarth XL oboe. I have made a bunch of reeds on these staples and I am finding it difficult to play in the lower register. Usually the lower register of Howarths is effortless and free, but with these staples it is slow to respond and when the notes finally speak they are "dull" and lack depth.
Has anyone else had this problem with staples not working on certain oboes? I have tried to chamfer the end of the staple, this helps to a degree but the problem is too great for this to be the remedy.
To the Howarth players, what staples have you found work the best?
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Author: saxmad
Date: 2011-10-27 13:56
I'm not a Howarth player but I'd have thought that Howarths own staples would be ideal. They also do their own mandrel which fits the staples perfectly.
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Author: Bryanwalker
Date: 2011-10-27 16:41
I have been using Chiarugi no. 5 tubes and they work fine with the Howarth.
In all my years of playing oboe I have never experienced an oboe "rejecting" staples like this. Now I am very curious to find out why the "singin dog oboe staples' do not work with the Howarth. It must have something to do with the bore of the staple.
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Author: oboereed1109
Date: 2011-11-14 12:59
I am not familiar with how these would work on a Howarth, but I love Sierra staples which are made by Mark Chudnow.
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Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2011-11-19 17:33
This is a very interesting discussion.
I have observed over the years that certain staples are just plain wrong for me, BUT this is always playing Lorée standard bore (or Yamaha custom with a very similar bore).
For me, Lorée staples are murder whereas Pisoni (open bore) are great. I have found Glotin unreliable and Chiarugi 3, 5 and 7 fantastic.
I always thought this was because I blow out lots of pressure and air volume, but perhaps the oboe has something to do with it too... I just don't know.
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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