Klarinet Archive - Posting 000003.txt from 2006/06

From: "Bruce M" <bmcgar@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Is it or ain't it?
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:08:01 -0400

Fok,

I have a metal clarinet that I had refurbished (A Cleveland/H.N. White/King
horn with the double-wall bell).

I assumed that the instrument was not silver plated, yet it seems to be
tarnishing "brown," as silver items do. I haven't been able to find the
definitive word on the plating on this horn in my research in the archives
or elsewhere.

Is silver, or a silver alloy, the only common instrument plating material
that tarnishes in this way?

Thanks.

B.

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