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RE: What's the Difference

Author: Dee
Date: 2000-01-07 00:08

My 45 year old Leblanc Symphonie II has the solid nickel silver keys. As some one has already remarked, nickel silver has no silver in it.

Basically I have not had any tarnish problems but over time they seem to get dull. The spots that I touch stay fairly shiny. The nickel silver is quite attractive but doesn't have the nice soft glow of nickel plating. Of course I wouldn't pick an instrument for it's plating but the silver plating is more attractive. But then again, I'll never have to worry about wearing through the plating, which is rather nice.

I suspect the reason that companies went to plated keys was cost. It is probably somewhat less expensive to use some type of base metal and then plate them. Does anyone know what they use for the base metal?

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