Klarinet Archive - Posting 000014.txt from 1998/11

From: Edward Evans <evanse@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Key platings
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 12:36:05 -0500

Mike,

don't forget the diamond studs around the bell!!!

At 01:54 AM 11/1/98 -0500, you wrote:
>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.
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>Mike Moors
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>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.
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>>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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