Klarinet Archive - Posting 001340.txt from 1998/10

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Key platings
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:15:26 -0500

On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, J. Blake Arrington wrote:

> My silver plated keys make my clarinet so heavy that I am
> developing tendonitis. So be careful if you get silver plated keys.

I think you will have to look elsewhere for the contributing factors to
your developing tendonitis. The difference in weight between silver
plated and nickel plated keys cannot be more than a few grams, and I'm not
sure that the nickel wouldn't be heavier.

Ed Lacy
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