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Re: cloudiness to nickel plated keys

Author: ThatPerfectReed
Date: 2014-04-18 21:06

Roxann:

About a decade a go I had these guys overhaul my Bb R13 and electroplate the keys http://www.weissinstrumentrepair.com/. They did great work on both jobs.

Repair techs in places like where Weiss works are not far, and not by cooincidence, to Elkhart, IN and work, or have worked for Selmer, or provided services to Selmer such as electroplating.

Your typical repair shop "turfs" the work out because electroplating involves the use of highly toxic materials, like arsenic I believe, and is "regulated to wazoo," by the US EPA: often serving to not make it cost effective to run an electroplating shop if you're only doing the work occasionally.

These guys didn't polish my keys per se. They made them new.

(I bear no fiduciary relationship with Weiss Instrument Repair.)

Note: as Stan pointed out, the silver plating I had done is contraindicated for clarinets made of hard rubber. I am to understand that the sulfur in the hard rubber reacts with the silver over time to tarnish it.

Once your clarinet is polished, you may want to help keep it that way by sticking these in your case:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/woodwinds/3m-silver-protector-strips

(I also bear no relationship with the Musician's Friend Company)

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