Klarinet Archive - Posting 000770.txt from 1999/08

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE:German Silver (was: Selmer C "star" clarinet)
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:03:02 -0400

Random House don't know everything, believe it or not.....
Roger S>

On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Richard Bush wrote:

> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 15:44:44 -0600
> From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] RE:German Silver (was: Selmer C "star" clarinet)
>
> 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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