Klarinet Archive - Posting 000676.txt from 2001/01

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 11 Jan 2001 09:15:01 -0000 Issue 2824
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 10:26:45 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 11 Jan 2001 09:15:01 -0000 Issue 2824

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Hausmann [mailto:bhausmann1@-----.com]
> >
> > <big snip> The
> > primary difference between the nickel and the silver is price. There
may
> > also be a slight difference in FEEL, since the silver plating is
> > considered
> > to be a bit less slippery.
> >
>
> FWIW, Down the road there may also be unexpected cosmetic differences
which
> can also affect the "feel." If a silver plated key is scratched or the
> plating begins to wear off, there isn't too much that can be done to
restore
> it other than re-plating. An unplated "nickel" key can be buffed back to
its
> original condition (minus a tiny amount of metal undetectable to the
> player).
>
> Karl Krelove

Many of today's "nickel" keys are merely nickel plating over a cheaper base
metal. So a scratch would be equally difficult to repair short of
replating.

Dee Hays

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