Author: elise
Date: 2001-07-14 22:58
Back again, following up on my key issue. I've been taking the precautions that everyone suggested, as well as Friedland's, and the situation is worsening. The silver is wearing away even faster than it did before, despite my meticulous cleaning and wipe-down of the keys even after minimal playing. As I have mentioned before and most of you know, the R13 has silver keys with a thin layer of copper and then the silver plate on top.
For a few months, the keys looked like they had touches of copper on the rings at least--mostly on the right hand and more so on the inside rim. I've been watching it closely, but after going away for 10 days on vacation and coming back, I've witnessed a most interesting (and sort of awful) aging process. My keys were "new penny" before I left and old penny on my return. It was like putting a 2001 penny on a coffee table, coming back, and finding one from 1969. What on earth is going on?
Bottomline: What's the deal with acidic fingers and copper? What more can I do before the keys wear away completely?
elise
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