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Re: Nickel allergy

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-11-24 22:53

Alphie -

Does your friend use a metal ligature? Since most of them are nickel plated, your friend could try a fabric model, though their tightening screws are probably nickel plated.

My father was a dermatologist. He told me most people are slightly allergic to nickel, and that once the allergy develops, it only gets worse.

I recently got an all brass (or maybe it's gold plated) Kaspar ligature, which I haven't used much. They were available again a while back. http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=304660&t=303811 And remember that string costs nothing and works beautifully.

If your friend gets gold/silver/rhodium plating done, remember that it has to go everywhere, including the posts and the barrel and bell rings. Others have had this done anc continued to play. Al Gallodoro had to have his clarinet and bass clarinet keys and his entire alto sax gold plated.

Good luck to her.

Ken Shaw

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