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Re: For us no-cork Chudnow staple users...

Author: cjwright
Date: 2006-09-20 08:59

I'm pretty sure the S staple is not buzzy as mentioned but rather deader. Because of the extra metal, it deadens more sound, thus forcing us to scrape off more, and thus getting too "wild and 'big'" reeds as d-oboe mentioned.

I made 12 reeds today: 3 with my RDG -1N on S, 3 with RDG -1N on E, 3 with Weber 1-B on S, and 3 with Weber 1-B on E, and I had consistent results.

(I'm using the Driscoll Opus 1 gouger, gouging at .60-.61 in the middle, .47 3mm from the center)

The RDG -1N on the E were very bright. I could get good response and decent tone, but I think because it is a very VERY narrow shape (the narrowest I've encountered) I think it was just too bright to begin with, and the lack of vibration deadening didn't help.

I got great reeds off the E staples with my Weber 1-B. I ordered a Weber 1-C and am anxious to try the new shape with an E staple. I'm expecting even better results.

The RDG -1N however is getting some of the most stable and covered/silky reeds I've ever made on the S tubes. There's something in the S tube that allows me to take off a bit more in the integration/heart for vibration and leave that silkiness to it.

I also tried transplanting the blades I made on RDG -1N on a E to an S tube and it worked fairly well. Likewise I transplated Weber 1-B blades to the E tubes and they instantly worked well. A very productive experiment.

I think the Joshua +4 and the Mack++ are both wider shapes. Am I wrong?

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