Klarinet Archive - Posting 000736.txt from 1999/08

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE:German Silver (was: Selmer C "star" clarinet)
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:46:12 -0400

Are you SURE that's what your repairman told you? I could be wrong, but it is
my understanding that most all woodwind keywork is made of German nickel
silver. The exceptions are brass keywork on saxophones (and some of them are a
two-toned combination of brass and nickel rods) and high end flute and piccolos
that have solid silver keywork that is silver plated after the key pieces are
silver soldered together.

Some of the best and hardest nickel silver keywork has 18% nickel content.

Mark Weinstein wrote:

> FWIW:
>
> My repairman has stated that he prefers NOT to to work with "german silver",
> indicating he had encountered problems working with it in the past.
>
> mark weinstein
> ***************
> From: Michael Cogswell <Michael_Cogswell@-----.com>
>
> "Alicia: German Silver gets the yellowish tint from copper, not gold. It
> is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc."
>
> From: "ABFlint" <abflint@-----.net>
>
> "My Selmer CT* keys were polished professionallly after many years. In fact
> I had never had them truly cleaned and I was amazed at the color. It is a
> dull finish but yet a light gold. I know nickel usually when I see it and I
> was told on 2 occasions that it was "German silver" which contained real
> gold. My horn is marked Selmer Paris, France. thanks for the
> mouthpiece-reed--ligature combo hints. I intend to order a Rovner soon."
>
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