Klarinet Archive - Posting 000050.txt from 2004/07

From: "Thiel, Mark" <mark.thiel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Relocating keys..
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 09:34:08 -0400

Lars Kirmser wrote:
> . . . ". Using a silver alloy as the adhering metal is
>properly referred to as "silver brazing" ("silver soldering" does not
>commonly exist and is an incorrect reference to this method of joining
>metals, albeit used by many persons, even some pro's who should know
>better).

Bill Hausmann wrote:
. . . It is obviously just a=20
>semantic point.

Yes, exactly, "silver soldering" is not soldering, but The American
Heritage (r) Dictionary says: "braze: To solder (two pieces of metal)
together using a hard solder with a high melting point". German silver
is not silver, the English horn is neither English nor a horn, the holy
roman empire . . . .

And back to the subject at hand which is of course: "Has the conspiracy
between Michael Moore and Al Qaeda been estab ... " Ouch! (just slapped
my own hand as dozens of mail filters shunted this message into the bit
bucket), or was it "Lero Lero Lilliburlero Lilliburlero bullen a la"?
Oh, yes keys. Do we have any expert knowledge what the actual most
common manufacturing methods are for keys like the r.h. pinky keys? Are
they indeed levers welded/brazed/soldered/stuck with chewing gum to
plain rods or are the whole things sometimes forged in one piece?

Mark Thiel

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