Klarinet Archive - Posting 000151.txt from 2002/12

From: "Rebecca Brennan" <rjbrennan1221@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Silver Keys, was Re: [kl] Benefit of taking time off
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 19:37:12 -0500

Is this caused by the oil in the skin? Perhaps I should practice with rubber
gloves.

Hey, I think it is a good idea!

**proud/cheesy smile**

-Rebecca

>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 17:18:16 -0500
>
>At 05:45 AM 12/7/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>>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.
>
>Frankly, I think you will have to learn to live with the swirl marks, which
>eventually will be "overwritten" with even more swirl marks to the point
>that they disappear and are replaced with an overall patina a bit duller
>than the shiny new silver plate but altogether appropriate to silver plate
>that has been used. If you buff them off, it will only remove plating, and
>the newly exposed plating underneath will quickly pick up the same sort of
>swirl marks. It is entirely possible that they are now using a slightly
>different plating material or process than they did before. I know that,
>in our store, silver plated instruments from different manufacturers often
>look different from each other and do tarnish at different rates.
>
>Bill Hausmann
>
>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
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