Klarinet Archive - Posting 000187.txt from 1999/09

From: "Mark Weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Plating wear answer
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 10:57:01 -0400

Careful, ken --- I'm still holding my "head in my hands" from the last
discussion of "German Silver". My repair person said the same EXACT thing
about a Selmer C/T in his shop.

I think that whenever i get another new clarinet, I'll make sure its Silver
plated ... whether it be Buffet, Selmer, Leblanc, etc. I just like the FEEL
better of Silver. I was told when I got my R-13 that their was no functional
difference between nickel and silver. Now that I have had the opportunity
to REALLY COMPARE, I KNOW which I PREFER.

mw

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Wolman <kwolman@-----.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Plating wear answer

>With all the discussion about key plating, I have a question regarding
>Selmer Centered Tone clarinets and the keywork.
>
>When I had the instrument adjusted at the end of 1997, the people who
>worked on it expressed surprise that it was a so-called "German Silver"
>plate job rather than real silver plating which would have been expected
>for Selmer's top-of-the-line instrument.
>
>Mine is a Q-series CT, which suggests it was made in 1957. Was this year
>and/or this horn an aberration from how Selmer usually plated their keys?
>
>Ken
>
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