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Re: Key plating

Author: lizholt
Date: 2013-06-08 00:39

I'm trying to restore a 1936 Buffet pre-R13. The wood's in excellent condition, apart from one chipped tonehole chimney. But my problem is the keys - they seem to have been chrome plated, and the chrome's been badly scratched and pitted on most of the keys.

I've started buffing the keys gently with a buffing compound, just to try and get an even level finish. The base layer's polishing up nicely where the plating's completely worn away, but the plating's so hard, where it's still there, that it won't buff very easily.

I'm assuming this is chrome, as that's what it looks like to me, but could it be nickel? I haven't seen this kind of plating before, on old or newer instruments.

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