Klarinet Archive - Posting 000740.txt from 1999/08

From: "Mark Weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE:German Silver (was: Selmer C "star" clarinet)
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:46:16 -0400

Lets be SPECIFIC, OK ? My repairman spoke of German SILVER .... NOT "nickel
silver".

Based upon what he related to me .... nickel-silver is just fine. However,
he SPECIFICALLY talked about the use in Clarinets (Evette, etc) of another
compund that had DIFFERENT metals than those used in "nickel-silver" keys.
AND. that compound of metals was referred to as "German Silver".
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] RE:German Silver (was: Selmer C "star" clarinet)

>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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