Klarinet Archive - Posting 000134.txt from 2002/12

From: "WILLIAM SEMPLE" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Silver Keys, was Re: [kl] Benefit of taking time off
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 07:45:42 -0500

I know nothing about the chemistry of silverplating. The new Buffets have a
much brighter silverplate than the instruments manufactured a couple of
decades ago. The silverplate on the older instruments have a darker sheen
(uh oh), but stand up to the polishing cloth, less prone to the swirl marks
I mentioned in a previous e-mail that has affected my new instrument.

What process, short of buffing, can I employ to rid myself of these swirl
marks, if any? It's not critical. Only I notice it . . . but I treat my
clarinets like they are a gift from heaven . . .

Can someone inform me of the various characteristics of silverplate.

>From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Silver Keys, was Re: [kl] Benefit of taking time off
>Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 06:40:28 -0500
>
>At 12:17 AM 12/7/2002 -0500, Dee D. Flint wrote:
>>Nickel can be quite shiny too when it is buffed. A better clue is to look
>>at the color of the tarnish. Silver tarnishes in shades of gray and
>>black.
>>It also generally tarnishes quickly. On the other hand, nickel tarnishes
>>in
>>shades of brown and yellowish brown. In addition it tarnishes very
>>slowly.
>>It can sit for decades and show only a minimal amount of tarnish.
>
>Nickel PLATING usually just grows very dull-looking with age and neglect.
>The nickel-heavy brass alloy known as nickel silver or German silver, like
>unplated clarinet keys, does tend to tarnish to a yellowish cast.
>
>
>Bill Hausmann
>
>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
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