Klarinet Archive - Posting 000614.txt from 2002/04

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Prestige RC vs. Prestige R13
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 15:04:27 -0400

>
> > The Festivals supposedly do not use
> > copper pre plating
>
> Tom, where did you read that? I've never come across that particular
> statement.

If you're referring to the ads on the site where the Prestige mentions that
the keys are "pre-plated in copper", be aware that it's done on the Festival
& R13 clarinets that are silver plated as well, as evidenced by the people
complaining a few years back about wearing through the silver and into the
copper plating!

It's an omission on the R13 and Festival models to greater enhance the
apparent quality of the Prestige model.

mark C.

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