Klarinet Archive - Posting 000498.txt from 2004/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Costco Clarinets - silver
Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:23:04 -0500

At 11:01 AM 2/29/2004 -0500, David Blumberg wrote:
>I saw the Costco Clarinet and it was NOT silver plated keys at all.
>They were nickel plated. I'm 100% sure about that one - I've seen
>cheap silver plating and this wasn't it - it was nickel.

Of course, if all the description said was "silver," they can LEGALLY say
they were referring to the COLOR of the keys. If they said "silver plated"
or "sterling silver" that means something quite different. Of course it IS
misleading, but not technically inaccurate -- not inaccurate enough for a
lawsuit, anyway. Costco is probably just parroting what the manufacturer's
sales material says. The Glenn Edward clarinet I wrote about does NOT have
silver-plated keys, but all of the Simba and some of the First Act ones I
have seen appear to.

Bill Hausmann

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

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