Klarinet Archive - Posting 000102.txt from 2000/12

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Corrosion
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 10:56:01 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Sears" <dsears@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Corrosion

> >......My R13 started showing copper on four of the keys after a
> >year...something that didn't happen with 3 decades on my 9*.
>
> Yeah, but I bet there was some plating worn through on your 9*, and it
just
> didn't show because the nickel was plated directly over the German silver,
> which has the same color. I don't know why Buffet plates copper under
their
> nickel; they must have some reason, but it sure makes worn plating more
> obvious.

Was the 9* even plated? While I cannot speak to that model, it was not
uncommon at one time for clarinets to have keys that were "German silver"
that were left unplated. That is the situation with my 1950s Leblanc
Symphonie II.

Dee Hays

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