Good points. Plus, I'm not sure it would be that attractive. There's all sorts of bells and whistles that are coming out now to 'decorate' horns, but I'd rather have a horn that sounds great and plays well.
Looking at the 'chrome' hardware in my house (the faucets, for example), I'm not sure a horn would really look all that great covered in chrome. -William -----Original Message----- From: Hans Pizka <hpi...@me.com> To: The Horn List <horn@memphis.edu> Sent: Mon, Aug 22, 2011 6:38 am Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Modern Marvels: A Chrome Plated Horn? Hello Carl, there is reason to get horns chrome plated: price (watch today´s gold price at near 1.900.-USD/oz. & going up permanently, a policy used by plating companies to increase prices dramatically, but for the 1/2 ounce needed as a maximum. The plating is just 5 my thin (a my = 1/1000 of a millimeter). 1) is right 2) is right, if the brass is degreased perfectly before plating (applies for all platings) 3) - 6) correct Why to pre-occupy about the acoustic properties of chromium, as the plating is extremely thin ? And weight gain ? 2 grs perhaps. And this should influence the sound ? What about the hand guard of plastic or textile ? This has really a bad influence upon the horn, acoustically & regarding corrosion, which can be prevented by a nickel-silver handshield & a well used microfibre towel. ######################################################### Am 22.08.2011 um 06:05 schrieb Carl Vidos: > I just watched an episode of Modern Marvels about chrome, and I began to wonder if any research as been done on chrome plating a horn. It seems like a good idea. > > 1) It's extremely durable > 2) It's highly resistant to corrosion > 3) It's easy to keep clean > 4) Chrome plating is less that 1/250th the thickness of a human hair. > 5) It's very shiny, but it doesn't HAVE to be > 6) There are varying "hardnesses" of chrome > > I have no clue about the acoustical properties of chrome, though. > > We have silver and gold plating. And we have lacquer. What about chrome? > > -Carl > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
