Klarinet Archive - Posting 000677.txt from 2001/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 11 Jan 2001 09:15:01 -0000 Issue
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 10:47:12 -0500

At 10:18 AM 1/21/2001 -0500, Karl Krelove wrote:

>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).

That would be true for UN-PLATED nickel silver (German silver) keys, as
many older clarinets had. A scratch or wear in the PLATING on a
nickel-plated key would created the same problems as on a silver-plated key.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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