Klarinet Archive - Posting 000474.txt from 1996/02

From: Bill Fogle <bfogle@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Silver Plating (was: Selmer Clarinets)
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 17:41:00 -0500

I don't see how silver would "deaden" the sound (what about all those
flutes out there?). I *do* find that my fingers, to use Jack Brymer's
great phrase, "drag" on it. I enjoyed someone's comment about three or
four weeks ago saying that the great technician Moenning would insist on
"stripping" the plate, nickel or silver, from a customer's clarinet
leaving it rough and ugly (I believe the poster described the metal as
"green" after Moenning was through with it). Moenning must have enjoyed
that.
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Bill Fogle
Washington, DC
bfogle@-----.edu
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Gracious! I have heard from many teachers that silver plating can deaden
the sound of the instrument and that silver plating a clarinet that you
love may be hazardous to its health!! Any comments>?