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Thumb key bush - silver plating

Author: Hurstfarm
Date: 2013-01-02 18:15

One for the techs... I recently found a sharp edge on the thumb key bush on my well-used but well-maintained professional Bb, which on closer inspection turned out to be a small piece of the silver plate peeling away. What seems to have happened is that the silver has worn through around the rim of the hole, where it makes the airtight seal with the thumb, and the plating on the flat part has started to separate in several places. I've addressed the immediate problem by polishing off the roughness with a very fine abrasive, but would welcome any views on the merits and practicalities of having the bush removed and re-plated/replaced versus leaving it part-plated. It's just cosmetic, i suppose, but a blemish on an otherwise superb instrument! Many thanks.

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