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Re: Clarinet Key Plating

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2011-09-17 05:41

Two things.

It WILL imbue a different "feel" to the keys. Nickel is slippery; Silver is tacky; gold is somewhere in between.

And as a confusing note: Yamaha offers the nickel/gold plating known as "Hamilton Plating" on their CSGs. People who have tried both the silver versions and Hamilton versions swear the Hamilton ones sound a bit mellower. This also coincides with what Yamaha states in their initial literature for the product. I am skeptical....... even as a CSG-H owner. But I never tried the silver keyed version.

As an added note: It could be (my personal theory) that (at least in the bassoon player's example) that adding some overall weight to the horn dampens the vibration enough to smooth out some of the upper partials

....................Paul Aviles

Post Edited (2011-09-17 05:44)

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