Klarinet Archive - Posting 000001.txt from 1998/11

From: Michael Moors <mdmoors@-----.us>
Subj: Re: [kl] Key platings
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 01:54:51 -0500

How about reactions to acids in fingers? Has anyone else had the body
chemistry to destroy the silver plating right off of the Ab key and or F
key besides me??????? I'm a nickle man now. I've been thinking of gold
plating. It works for Pete Fountain.

Mike Moors

At 10:35 PM 10/31/98 -0800, you wrote:
>What I like about silver plated keys is the feel. There is something that
>feels like your fingers are making a better connection. Reginald Kell used
>to say that he liked silver because your fingers tend to slip off less.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ebray <ebray@-----.edu>
>To: Bill Hausmann <klarinet@-----.org>
>Date: Saturday, October 31, 1998 4:47 PM
>Subject: RE: [kl] Key platings
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>I just bought the most beautiful A clarinet in the whole world--Buffet
>R13, of course & I opted for the silver keys. I had been dreaming of a
>silver keyed clarinet for years & when I bought my B flat a couple
>of years ago, cost was an issue. So I have nickel keys on that one.
>
>Go for the silver keys. I had never heard of silver being less
>slippery, but I guess it is true. It feels better than my B flat.
>Also, a purely cosmetic, shallow thing, but boy does it it look
>pretty! It's fun to polish up those keys during the semi-annual
>break down and cleaning of your instrument.
>
>I was thinking of getting my horn replated or whatever it is called.
>For a newer horn is it worth the cost? I don't need any new pads
>(just had it worked on by Brannen's) and would it screw up the work
>that Brannen did?
>
>Maybe I'll buy a new horn to match my A!
>
>Erin Bray
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