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LaTrompeta Heavyweight Member
Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 867 Location: West Side, USA
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:49 pm Post subject: Is platinum plating a thing? |
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Suppose that I didn't care how much it cost me, I just wanted to get my trumpet platinum plated. Is that even possible (regardless of whether anybody in the industry would actually do it)? _________________ Please join me as well at:
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Subtropical and Subpar Heavyweight Member
Joined: 22 May 2020 Posts: 627 Location: Here and there
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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A google search reveals that there are platinum-plated flutes on the market, so it is at least technically feasible. Whether there are third parties that can platinum plate a trumpet, I have no idea. _________________ 1932 King Silvertone cornet
1936 King Liberty No. 2 trumpet
1958 Reynolds Contempora 44-M "Renascence" C
1962 Reynolds Argenta LB trumpet
1965 Conn 38A
1995 Bach LR18072
2003 Kanstul 991
2011 Schilke P5-4 B/G
2021 Manchester Brass flugel |
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Halflip Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 1924 Location: WI
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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https://www.sharrettsplating.com/coatings/platinum
Just FYI, I found this by doing a Yahoo search for "platinum plating".
(Eliminating the middleman is also "a thing".) _________________ "He that plays the King shall be welcome . . . " (Hamlet Act II, Scene 2, Line 1416)
"He had no concept of the instrument. He was blowing into it." -- Virgil Starkwell's cello teacher in "Take the Money and Run" |
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Brassnose Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Mar 2016 Posts: 2053 Location: Germany
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 2:13 am Post subject: |
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I’m pretty positive it can be done. There are silver, gold, and palladium plated horns out there. The redox potential of Pt is right between Au and Ag, so should work. Needless to say that you will need an experienced plater and possibly it cannot be done directly on the brass surface, similar to gold, where you first need to plate a silver layer on top of which you then deposit the gold. _________________ 2019 Martin Schmidt eXcellence
1992 Bach 43GH/43
1989 Kühnl & Hoyer Model 15 flugel
1980/2023 Custom Blessing Scholastic C 😎
1977 Conn 6B
1951 Buescher 400 Lightweight
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