Klarinet Archive - Posting 000111.txt from 1999/09

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] need key plating
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 19:20:29 -0400

> From: MX%@-----.74
> Subj: RE: =5Bkl=5D need key plating

> G.T. Gallant wrote:
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> > Does anyone know who does good silver plating jobs?
> > How much is it going to cost? Thanks.
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> Dan Leeson responded:
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> > I had a clarinet's keys chrome plated once and was very happy
> > with the results. It last's forever and is shiny bright for
> > the rest of its life. But some might find negative qualities to
> > chrome plating.
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> I've never had either done (silver or chrome), but prior discussions
> on the subject have indicated that chrome plating was, for some, too
> slippery to be practical. Is it true that chrome plating is more
> slippery than sliver plating? If so, why? Dan, was this greater
> =22slipperiness=22 ever an issue for you?

Never@-----. The problem was only finding a shop that would
do the work. They were capable of chrome plating a car's bumper but
not tiny things like clarinet keys.

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> -- Neil
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