Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 2002/12

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Silver Keys, was Re: [kl] Benefit of taking time off
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 07:42:54 -0500

It would not only be unusual - if anything would provoke the nickel to corrode
and leave toxic deposits, that would...
Roger S.

In message <5.1.1.6.0.20021207063056.03272068@-----.org writes:
> 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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