Klarinet Archive - Posting 000115.txt from 1999/09

From: Robb Russon <roborobb@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Plating keys Re: klarinet Digest 5 Sep 1999 20:15:00 -0000
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 23:04:04 -0400

Having flopped my fingers on silver, nickel, pot metal, brass, mother of
pearl, and the chrome-like rhodium plating Leblanc used to cover their keys
with, I would expect chrome to be somewhat slippery. Chrome would also
have a tendency to flake if not well bonded to copper. I have two Leblancs
with rhodium plated keys; one -- got second-hand -- was so pitted (yes,
even rhodium will pit! - and if rhodium will do it, so will chrome?) that I
finally gave up and took it down to the base metal which is good old
nickel. The nickel takes such a beautiful polish and feels so good on the
fingers that I wonder why we would want plating to begin with -- other than
aesthetics. The other rhodium Leblanc is plateau-keyed and really quite
nice to handle although it feels "fat" and is very heavy.
I suppose it will boil down to the warm-tone nickel luster or silver camp
and the chrome rhodium camp.

>A possible topic for discussion on this list might be plating.
>
>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.
>
>Any views?
>
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