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Author: ckoboe777
Date: 2016-11-15 23:27
Hello fellow oboists,
I noticed that there are two types of cork wrapped Chudnow staples- the CA and the Sierra staples. What is the difference between the two? What kind of tone/ pitch/dimensional differences do you guys notice in the two?
Thanks,
-ckoboe777
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Author: Oboehotty
Date: 2016-11-25 06:22
I have used the Sierra staples for years. One time I was sent the others by mistake. I had ten staples and not one produced a reed that played well for me. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the quality of the staples but for me they were completely different than the Sierra. I didn't do much research to see the differences.
Shawn
Professor of Oboe - Youngstown State University
Howland Local Schools - MS Dir. Of Bands/HS Asst. Dir (Marching, Symphonic)
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Author: oboeandy
Date: 2016-11-26 01:22
Hearing about Shawn's experience is fascinating to me, because I used the Sierra and CA staples basically interchangeably for several years. According to Mark himself, the only difference between the two designs is a slight beveling at the tip of the CA.
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Author: ckoboe777
Date: 2016-11-26 04:35
Hmmm... What is the effect of beveling/ chamfering the tip of a staple?
-ckoboe777
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Author: oboeandy
Date: 2016-11-26 05:38
I won't pretend to understand the physics of it, but I guess I had a very slight preference for the CA staples. I noticed that reeds made on Sierra staples were somewhat more likely to be saggy in pitch. But I will stress that these two types of staple had the same fit on my MCW mandrel.
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