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Re: Oboe Staples

Author: cjwright
Date: 2008-05-13 21:40

oboe staples have a tremendous effect, and as stated previously, I think some work better for certain oboes than others. My oboe which was reamed out by Mr. Weber always worked better with his staples, which had a very good shape to them. Since the reaming process made the instrument a bit more responsive but brighter, the staples tended to maintain that responsiveness but added some of that depth and darkness back in. Meanwhile, the oboe I'm currently playing on (a DM Loree) likes Chudnow staples a lot better. (But if I stick my Weber bell on it, it still likes the weber staples). I tried the DM staples for the DM bore, but they just come up SO flat in the upper register that I deemed them basically unusable.

For more modern instruments (older than the L series Loree) I generally prefer some staples with bigger openings (chudnow, certain RDG, Stevens, Pisoni). For the older instruments, I prefer a smaller opening staple like Mr. Weber's, Loree, Rigotti or RDG's original staple size.

Hope this helps.

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