Klarinet Archive - Posting 000051.txt from 2004/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Relocating keys..
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 09:44:09 -0400

I've never noticed any joins in the keys on my old Buffet, which are unplated
german silver. I can't help thinking that joining pieces of metal together
using a less electrochemically active metal provides starting points for
corrosion, and a non-aesthetic reason for plating keywork.
Roger S.

In message <BCFBF517B5203D4F8BC8E55A019E78CB346136@-----.com>
klarinet@-----.org writes:
> 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
> >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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