Author: jhoyla
Date: 2018-04-11 16:07
The following is only my experience, and I'm sure that this is different for everyone.
Basically you need to experiment and find the right combination of cane, shape, tie-length, tie-tension, staple-length, wall-thickness and scrape for you.
For me I think it comes down to how close to the end of the staple you tie.
I tie to *just* below the lip of the staple, and so have had more luck with 46mm staples. I find 47mm staples difficult to get up to pitch, I end up clipping the reeds right back with associated stability and tone-quality issues.
However I know that others leave up to 1mm of staple projecting inside the staple. For them, 47mm might be just-about perfect.
I standardized on Stevens 46mm some years back, and then they went out of production. I found the Forrests 46mm an acceptable substitute, but they tie a little longer for a perfect seal, giving me a few low-pitch issues.
J.
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