Klarinet Archive - Posting 000327.txt from 2010/11

From: Rachel Roessel <gsurosey@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Silver Clarinet Keys
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:48:43 -0500

> The orange color you describe must have been on unplated or formerly-plated

> parts. It is not unusual for the nickel-silver keys to rust/tarnish to a
> color like that. The green stuff is verdigris, another form of brass
> "rust." Plating of clarinet keys only became common in the 1960's or so.
> Before that, unplated nickel-silver was the norm. Buffing/polishing will
> return the keys to a decent luster, but only temporarily.

I had that happen on an old Rene Dumont bass clarinet I had a few years ago. I
was wondering what that was; eww! That instrument died an expensive death.

Rachel

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