Klarinet Archive - Posting 000130.txt from 2002/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Silver Keys, was Re: [kl] Benefit of taking time off
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 06:35:01 -0500

At 04:38 AM 12/7/2002 +0000, Rebecca Brennan wrote:
>Sorry about that.
>
>I just looked at it. I'm sure that the keys are silver, but the body is a
>duller color. I think it is nickel.

Actually, if it looks different at all, it is probably satin silver plate,
a sort of sandblasted finish very popular in those days and often found on
saxophones of the era. It would be VERY unusual to have silver-plated keys
and a nickel-plated body.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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