Klarinet Archive - Posting 001186.txt from 1998/05

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Buffet info wanted
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 12:28:16 -0400

They were *German silver* (also known as "paktong" and "maillechort")- a
more ductile alloy than nickel silver - for
instruments of reasonable quality.
The keys of my Buffet B flat are made of this, and are still pleasantly
bright-looking, though I've never, ever polished them since I got the
instrument in 1984.
ROger Shilcock

On Fri, 22 May 1998, Matthew Hanson wrote:

> Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 09:37:47 -0500
> From: Matthew Hanson <mchanson@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Buffet info wanted
>
> >Buffet has ALWAYS, at least in my short 20 years, offered silver >plating
> >on the R13 line, if it wasn't standard to begin with.
>
> Buffet didn't always plate keys.. period. Long ago, like other clarinet
> makers, the keys were raw nickel silver. The plating wasn't standard
> until the second half of this century.
> Matthew Hanson
>
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