Klarinet Archive - Posting 000017.txt from 2006/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Is it or ain't it?
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 23:48:32 -0400

At 09:06 PM 6/1/2006 +0000, Bruce M wrote:
>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.

Nearly all of those metal clarinets ARE silver plated (I know mine is, and
it is otherwise unexceptional). A few are nickel plated, which will just
get that dull film instead of turning brown/black. I would assume that
your instrument is silver-plated.

Bill Hausmann

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