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Winfield Professional Oboe Reed with gold-plated all-metal staple in Medium strength, hand-finished UK oboe reed

Winfield Professional Oboe Reed - Gold Staple (Medium)

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Our Winfield Professional Oboe Reed with Gold Staple is a top-tier reed built around an all-metal, gold-plated staple. The gold plating warms the tone, the all-metal construction (no cork) lets the reed vibrate more freely, and the result is a richer, fuller, more vibrant sound than you get from a read more...

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Product Description

Our Winfield Professional Oboe Reed with Gold Staple is a top-tier reed built around an all-metal, gold-plated staple. The gold plating warms the tone, the all-metal construction (no cork) lets the reed vibrate more freely, and the result is a richer, fuller, more vibrant sound than you get from a conventional staple.

The gold staple difference

Most oboe staples have a cork section that grips inside the oboe socket. Cork dampens vibration, the same way the felt on a piano hammer softens the strike. Our gold staple replaces the cork with two thin rubber rings, leaving the metal staple to do its job acoustically while the rings handle the seal. You hear it as more openness in the sound, especially in the mid and lower registers.

Why gold

Gold is a relatively soft metal compared to brass or silver. That softness translates into a warmer, rounder character in the reed's response. Combine that with the all-metal staple body, and you get a reed that's noticeably more present in larger ensemble work without having to push for it.

Important: oboe socket size

The hole at the top of your oboe needs to be at least 7mm in diameter to accept this reed. Most modern oboes are fine, but older instruments or some student models can have a smaller socket. If you're not sure, measure before ordering.

At a glance

  • Instrument: Oboe
  • Strength: Medium
  • Best for: Advanced and professional players seeking a warmer, fuller sound with more projection
  • Features: All-metal gold-plated staple, twin rubber rings (no cork), brown thread binding
  • Compatibility: Requires oboe socket 7mm or larger
  • Made: Hand-finished in the UK by a professional oboist with BBC orchestral experience

Where it sits in the range

One of two professional-tier Winfield reeds. Compare to the Winfield Professional Brass Staple for a brighter, more focused alternative, or to our Crook & Staple Professional Oboe Reed for a different house style. Step down to the Winfield Standard or Winfield Continental for a more affordable everyday reed. Or browse our full oboe reed range.
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  • 5 stars: 15 (63%)
  • 4 stars: 7 (29%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 1 (4%)
  • 1 star: 1 (4%)
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Andrea C.
Not the one for me

I have had 2 of these reeds. They are both easy blowers for the low notes but not as good for the high (third octave F). Having said this, I don't have a third octave key on my oboe - maybe this particular reed needs that?

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Claire T.
Gold pro

The reed place beautifully but it is loose and I’ve emailed to ask about this and tried to ring but no luck speaking to anyone or haven’t had a reply to my email so I feel a bit disappointed

Hi Claire, unfortunately, these reeds only come in one size, so if the bore is not an exact match for the diameter, they may not be suitable. All the best

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Karen G.
Great reeds

Great reeds and always reliable. Fantastic service too

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Giles M.
Amazingly responsive

I have struggled with B / B flat since I purchased my oboe nearly 40 years ago. Not with this, the reed is a revelation. Dynamic range is also excellent - I will definitely be buying again.

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David E.
Order ID: S19121

Now playing very well, but needed a lot of patient breaking-in.

Please could you define the difference between the blue and the pink binding ? Thank you

Hi David, glad to hear you like the reeds! There is no difference, just a change thread colour :) All the best, Matthew

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Douglas B.
Best reed ever

good tone, required a bit of shaving. Very pleased

Dear Douglas,
Wow, 'best reed ever' doesn't get much better that! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we hope you continue to enjoy your new reeds.
Warm wishes,
Eliza @ C&S

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Jacob G.
Great reed :+1::skin-tone-2:

Great reed :+1::skin-tone-2:

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Joanne C.
Prompt delivery from Crook and

Prompt delivery from Crook and Staple. As for the reed, you get a different sound from the metal staple - I find them brighter, and a lot louder! They are also more free blowing and responsive but stable across the registers. I like them and once I’ve collected enough staples I’ll send them back to be recaned.

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Douglas B.
Winfield Prof oboe reed

Brill

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Heike Q.
Perfekt

Perfekt

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Patricia B.
Oboe reeds

Good quality

Dear Patricia,
Great to hear you love these reeds, happy oboe-ing! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We hope to see you at C&S again soon.
Best wishes,
Eliza @ Crook & Staple

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Brandon M.
The reeds look nice don’t

The reeds look nice don’t even play. There appears to be too much of a gap between the reeds tip openings on the side, so that air leaks out and no vibration occurs.

Dear Brandon,
It is important that we have feedback from all our customers, so thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.
It sounds like that in this hot weather we have recently had the reeds have actually opened up at the tip, this is really common and the good news is that it is easily solved. If you soak your reeds first and then gently press down on the top wire the reed will start to close up at the sides, do it a little at a time and try the reed in between.
We have a free, useful PDF guide on reed adjustment which you might find interesting, i've popped the link in below -

https://us.crookandstaple.com/products/how-to-adjust-oboe-reeds-pdf-download?variant=17322093701

If we can be of any further assistance please feel free to get in touch with us.
Very best wishes,
Eliza @ Crook & Staple

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Michael d.
It's great!

A unique style, and produces a wonderful tone! It's a bit too hard for my liking, but im still breaking it in.

Dear Michael,
Thats great to hear you love the reeds. On occasion all makes of reeds can take a bit of time to break in and as its a little hotter and dryer at the moment this can make reeds become dryer and firmer.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.
Best Wishes,
Eliza @ Crook & Staple

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Carmen J.
Hi I found it a

Hi I found it a little too hard for me and therefore somewhat loud, however I have scraped it down a little and my tone is improving. Good service will order again Thank you

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Yiu S.
the tip of reed is

the tip of reed is made so thin

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Elaine P.
I like them ! I

I like them ! I am going to order more soon !

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Claire M.
Really liked it

Really liked it

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Patricia C.
Oboe Reeds

Excellent service as always

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Pam N.
Very Free Playing

There is hardly any resistance when playing on this reed, it was a tad overwhelming at first, but it plays with a beautifull bright yet full tone.

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Daphne C.
Winfield Gold Staple

I like the gold staple, but sadly the reed is far from 'professional', in my view: the scrape is too short and too thin. I would like to try the gold staple with a KGE Prof German scrape!

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Damaris S.
oboe reed

My daughter love this cane. Thanks

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Ting W.
good

good

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Simon K.
reed purchases

Used them for the first time. Used the chat function that worked well. Ordered 6 reeds and they came quickly which was great. All reeds were good appart from 1 reed which I wanted to return. They have agreed to exchange the reed if I return it. My only criticism was the return process; I was not sent a returns label to print off, and the returns are at my own expense. So the process could be better. I will use these folks again though….the windfield reeds are excellent

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Justine D.
Super and reliable service.

Winfield reeds suit my daughter very well and this reed, a slight change to our normal order, was exactly what we have come to expect: super sounding and reliable. As always the order was delivered speedily. Thanks.

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