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Author: CarlT
Date: 2015-06-19 05:51
I have a 2010 R13 with nickel plating. Within months, I was getting copper coloring on many of the keys; however, due to my own ignorance and procrastination, I did not ask Buffet to remedy this during the warranty period (I wonder if they'd have done anything about it anyway).
Now I wonder if it might be possible to find an old silver plated R13 that's been cracked or damaged beyond repair, that I might buy cheaply and replace my nickel plated keys. I might advertise for such a clarinet.
Do you think that might be doable? For me, it certainly doesn't affect my playing, so it really is not worth spending a bundle on.
CarlT
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Author: Clarineteer
Date: 2015-06-19 11:03
The plating loss issue is one of the reasons that I prefer unplated nickel silver keys. And the superior wood is the other. My current instrument is a pre R13 made in 1952 with the superb wood and the unplated nickel silver keys. I call it my R13 killer because it is better in every way than all of the R13's that I have played and that is over 250 of them in my career.
Post Edited (2015-06-19 11:08)
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Author: BbMajorBoy
Date: 2015-06-19 18:59
Why not get the keys replated?
It would probably be about the same cost anyway.
Leonard Bernstein: "To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time."
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Author: Steven Ocone
Date: 2015-06-20 17:02
Changing keys from one instrument to another is a simple procedure of switching them. each key is fit to it's specific instrument. Older keys get worn and are often fit to their specific screws. Each pad needs to be changed. Re-plating also involves a lot of hand work, but if it is important to you, that is the approach I would take. You can have the thickness of plating that it should have had from the start.
Steve Ocone
Post Edited (2015-06-20 17:07)
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