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Re: Buffet E12

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2018-08-16 09:13

Is it a newer E12F? Or some kind of older E12?

I don't remember noticing anything strange about the trill key guide and don't think it is plastic, but it's possible. They have made plastic socket rings for some models which tended to break (and actually gave less support than simply a one piece section).

If it is plastic, it's unlikely to bend that way, but it's possible, in particular if it cracked from the knock, so actually much less of the part was holding it when you bent it back.

Brass or nickel-silver rarely bends and then breaks like that, but it's still possible (unlikely as it is) that it was just on the verge of work hardening enough to cause it.

Another possibility is that it's made of the dreaded ZAMAK. Buffet has been using it for thumb rest parts, making them impossible to repair when their flawed design causes them to stop working.

If it's a copper alloy then there's a good chance you could tell between that and plastic by weight.
You could check with a magnet, which won't necessarily tell you anything, but I think some ZAMAK is magnetic... or not (don't remember).

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