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Re: Silver plating my R13

Author: Steven Ocone
Date: 2014-10-28 03:26

From your email it seems you have nickel plated keys. You don't mention what the issue is. Plating on these clarinets has gotten very thin these days and it is not unusual to wear through nickel or silver. That being said, nickel is much more resistant to wear and oxidation than silver.

I'm not sure if silver can be directly plated over silver. The silver may have to be stripped, or there may be an intermediate layer of another metal needed (probably copper). Of course all pads and key corks need to be replaced. You will have to decide whether you also want the posts replated. After plating, the keys probably won't fit the clarinet and will need to be refit. It can take a lot of time to do this for every key (I've had to do this).

My advice would be to work with a trusted repair person who can do all of the refitting, repadding etc. Anderson Plating in Elkhart, Indiana is a good place to have the plating done.

Steve Ocone

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