Chiarugi Brass Baroque Oboe Staple, 50mm Hammer

The baroque oboe staple generally consists of much larger overall dimensions than the modern oboe staple and the resulting reed produces a lower pitch and more mellow tone than the modern oboe. The baroque oboe is generally tuned to 415 Hz and made of boxwood.

Stephen Hammer, the designer of this staple, is a baroque oboist and maker of historical double reed instruments. The Hammer staples work for many Stanesby model baroque oboes. Baroque oboe reed-maker, Mary Kirkpatrick, uses the H3 50mm staple paired with her Bradbury model baroque oboe and Sand Dalton uses the H3 for his Eichentopf model. Pol Oriols uses a 50mm H2 with his Stanesby model oboe.

Specs:

• Maker: Stephen Hammer
• Material: Brass
• Length: 50mm
• Tip Shape: Elliptical
• One Piece Staple*

*There are two types of baroque staples. A two piece staple consists of two separate parts, a top part where the cane is tied on to create the reed and a bottom part or understaple, which is usually an oboe d'amore or English horn staple customized by the reed maker to fit inside the bore of the baroque oboe. The top and bottom parts are stacked on top of one another creating a step between the tubes causing increased resistance. A one piece staple contains one longer piece of brass creating less resistance than the two part set up.