I was disassembling a friends reed and found that the staple, which was made of 3/16 o.d. brass tubing had a 1/4" piece of 7/32 o.d. brass tubing over the end of the staple where the eye was formed, thus giving a larger o.d. to the eye. This would add about .024" to the o.d. of the eye, which would put it closer to the o.d. of a rolled staple eye if the i.d. was the same in both staples. The reed was in a Sloan D chanter, but I have no idea who made the reed. The reed heads were glued to the staple and teflon tape was used under the thread to make it airtight.
Has anyone made staples this way?
Anyone have any idea what the effects of this type of staple modification would be?
Cheers, David