Klarinet Archive - Posting 000744.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 19:46:20 -0400

I'll be specific AND I'll be polite.

>From my Random House Webster's College Dictionary--Copyright 1991

German silver, n. any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel,
usu. white and used for utensils and drawing instruments; nickel silver.

nickel silver, n. German silver.

Thank you. Good day.

Mark Weinstein wrote:

> 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>
> To: klarinet <klarinet>
> 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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