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Re: Mouthpiece for Boosey & Hawkes Bb Bass Clarinet

Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-01-12 12:00

Just a bit about nickel plating - it was applied by only a few microns thick so it does wear out quickly which is why the fingerplates on your bass are down to base metal.

The wooden Imperial basses had silver plated keywork in which silver was plated over the top of nickel plate, but on ebonite instruments and the higher sulphur levels associated with ebonite, this caused silver plate to turn black very quickly. So the ebonite bodied versions of B&H instruments (the Imperial range of woodwinds and also some 1010 clarinets) generally had nickel plated keys as nickel isn't affected by the sulphur in the ebonite.

What remaining nickel plate your bass has is still bright and shiny, but there's absolutely no reason if you choose to fully restore this bass to have the keys replated in nickel to bring it back to its former glory. You only need up to 5 microns of nickel - any more than that will be very hard going on tools for fitting keywork (reamers, countersinks, barrel fraises, etc.).

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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