Klarinet Archive - Posting 001358.txt from 1998/10

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Key platings
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:37:04 -0500

If you want to get incredibly technical, the nickel plating is probably
heavier because (a) it's thicker, so there is more metal, and (b) Buffet
copper plates the keys before they nickel plate them--2 layers. The copper
plating is necessary to make the nickel bind better. I don't know if they
copper plate before silver plating, but I suspect they don't.

kjf

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Trimble CPA [mailto:trimble@-----.net]
Subject: Re: [kl] Key platings

the difference is weight is virtually not detectible. we are talking about
only a few microns thickness in the plating. the underlying metal is the
same on either nickel or silver.
chuck trimble
-----Original Message-----
From: J. Blake Arrington <JBA7321@-----.EDU>
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Key platings

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

J. Blake Arrington
Kappa Kappa Psi--Epsilon Beta Chapter
Alumni Secretary
University of Central Arkansas

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