Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 1997/07

From: Starr/John <starrs@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Buffet S1 E13 instruments
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 21:31:59 -0400

I never said it was good or bad. I was just commenting about the reason
for the silver on such a low-end instrument. I do prefer the look and
feel of silver over nickel, but that is just a personal opinion.

Starr

Roger Shilcock wrote:
>
> What's supposed to be so good about silver? Plenty of things corrode it,
> notably cyanides and organic sulphur compounds. It can also be toxic. One
> reason that it's not so dangerous to people as nickel can be is that
> silver chloride has a
> very low solubility in water - or gastric juices. How many people on this
> list make a habit of licking their keywork if it gets corroded?
> Gold would be much better.
> Roger Shilcock
> xx
>
> On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Starr/John wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 09:27:50 -0800
> > From: Starr/John <starrs@-----.net>
> > To: klarinet@-----.us
> > Subject: Re: Buffet S1 E13 instruments
> >
> > Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
> >
> > One
> > > interesting thing is that the E-13 has silver plated keys, while the R-13
> > > has nickel plated keys.
> >
> > Apparently, Germany(where the E-13 is made)has outlawed nickel plating,
> > as it is bad for the environment. Therefore, only silver-plated
> > instruments will be coming out of Germany. Eventually, France is
> > expected to follow suit and outlaw nickel plating as well.
> >
> > Starr
> >