Klarinet Archive - Posting 000180.txt from 1999/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Plating wear answer
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 07:45:58 -0400

At 06:13 PM 9/6/1999 -0700, gtgallant wrote:
>This is the answer to plating problems. No
>manufacturer is at fault for premature nickel plating
>wear for one reason. Nickel is affected by body acids
>and will always wear off, no matter what preventative
>measures are taken - short of not playing the horn!
>This is why nickel should not be used for key plating.
>Period. Silver plate is far superior to nickel and
>does not seem to react to body acid/chemicals.

Not completely true. Some people are very sensitive to silver plate. I
know flutists whose chins turn black playing silver flutes. They need to
have their lip plates gold-plated, or even use a nickel-plated flute!

>Chrome is ultra-hard, durable and always shiny, but can flake
>when bending keys for adjustment.

Excellent point about chrome plating. Probably one of the biggest reasons
it is not more widely used.

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