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Ah, the mythical upside down staple!

Some say they work in Taylor and early W Rowsome chanters.

I'd file that with '1/8" for every 1" of the chanter', 'reed head same width as chanter bell'
and other such favourites.

One of the most interesting features of Taylor [style] reeds, and little has been published on that aspect of them, is the fact they used a staple with an inverse taper i.e. it widened considerably towards the reed head quite opposed to the Rowsome school of reedmaking.

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... of some specs on the whole or complete taylor chanter reed. Taylor; staple lenght, .51 mm. diameter at bottom, .4 mm. eye width, .5 mm. eye height, ... i.e. it widened considerably towards the reed head quite opposed to the Rowsome school of reedmaking. Only yesterday I was looking at a staple ...

... used so I'd suggest this can be a D also. The reed I use has a rolled staple , Blank of 47 x 11 ( at head end) x 12 (at chanter end) ,0.7 thick ... needed. PPS; these Narrow bore D chanters are longer than the Taylor/ Rowsome models because they are designed to play at an A of 440hz and not ...

... Lengths of concert pitch chanters vary a lot. 359 to 362mm for early Rowsome and Taylor chanters and their faithful copiers. Some modern makes ... pitch. So this reed recipe might work but it may need a rolled, tapered staple. Sam Lawrence posts here now and again. He'd be the real man to answer. ...

... for certain in-tune lower octave notes like Cnat, 4)comparing a rolled staple to a tube staple in the same stick on other Rowsome type chanters. 4) comparing rolled and tube staples on chanters that don't require ...

... however some flatness in the 2nd octave G. Is that a result of tubing staple that a rolled staple would fix? Is it not the case that in the course of normal conversation it is recognised that Rowsome-style chanters by their nature tend to play flat in the second octave G, ...

... lovely and sweet. Sharp overall but in tune with itself. The Jefferies Rowsome copy doesn't seem to like the hobby tube staple as much. The second octave is relatively flatter than the first which is typical of ...

Well the truth is that Froment chanters work ok with a tube staple but they work better with a conical staple. The octaves are more in tune ... makers Hardly. I can think of 5 and there may be 2 or 3 more but how many Rowsome copiers are there 50, 60? Cillian's chanters are great and i'm sure ...

Well the truth is that Froment chanters work ok with a tube staple but they work better with a conical staple. The octaves are more in tune ... makers Hardly. I can think of 5 and there may be 2 or 3 more but how many Rowsome copiers are there 50, 60? Cillian's chanters are great and i'm sure ...

Well the truth is that Froment chanters work ok with a tube staple but they work better with a conical staple. The octaves are more in tune ... makers Hardly. I can think of 5 and there may be 2 or 3 more but how many Rowsome copiers are there 50, 60? Cillian's chanters are great and i'm sure ...

... lived, Alain Froment designed his instruments to be fitted with tubing staples, because he recognised that pipers want to play instruments and not ... rolled staples is the work of Cillian O’Brien. Cillian’s chanters are a Rowsome based chanter but Cillian has brought the design on in leaps and ...

The idea that conical staples are going the way of the Dodo bird is just plain silly. It is like saying a conical ... staples. It is survival of the fittest and conical is what fits. I doubt the Rowsome derived chanters that require conical staples will be superseded by chanters ...

... it is very usefull, indeed almost essential to have the original staples. I tried for several days to reproduce the these staples and I came ... going these days but I'd judge it to be very similar in volume to a Leo Rowsome chanter with a 'Leo' reed in it. Interesting post Geoff , you say ...

... it is very usefull, indeed almost essential to have the original staples. I tried for several days to reproduce the these staples and I came ... going these days but I'd judge it to be very similar in volume to a Leo Rowsome chanter with a 'Leo' reed in it.