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Re: Staples- what's the point?

Author: hautbois
Date: 2009-02-09 14:04

Just as you sense the advantage of a staple with a bottom diameter which conforms to the top of the bore of your oboe, I have always felt that the performance of the reed was better if the top of the staple was very thin, and created the minimum of ledges which could obstruct the flow of the air. That is one of the advantages of the Stephens Pro 2 staple for me == that it has a thin wall. And on other brands of staples (I used mostly the Chudnow CA staples) I have actually chamfered the top of the staple a little to diminish the ledge. Going further yet, I have also champhered the reed end of bocals, and have been pleased with the results. (There is actually a tool for this, though I cannot recalll where I got it a few decades ago.) My sense is that the sound becomes much more liquid and flowing.
Elizabeth

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