Klarinet Archive - Posting 000264.txt from 1996/05

From: "Christopher H. Rohrs" <chrohrs@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Clarinet plating rubbing off
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 13:11:17 -0400

>If you think you'll own the clarinet for many more years, I think it would
>be a sound investment to look into silver-plating the keys (but I admit I
>wasn't aware this was possible). One of the reasons many people like silver
>keys is because they doesn't corrode as easily as nickel.

Is it really worth it? Unless there are actually holes in the keys, I would
guess that most people have better things to spend their money on--reeds,
for example. Besides, a slightly weathered clarinet has "character"!

-Christopher
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Christopher Rohrs
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