Klarinet Archive - Posting 000211.txt from 1999/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Plating wear answer
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 23:30:11 -0400

At 10:25 AM 9/7/1999 -0400, Ken Wolman wrote:
>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?
>
I believe what is really meant here is UNPLATED German Silver. All the
keys start out German Silver, or nickel silver if you prefer. These days
most all are then plated, either with nickel or silver, or possibly chrome.
But many earlier clarinets were not plated at all, leaving the less shiny
but still attractive patina of the German Silver showing.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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