[Trombone-l] Possible Mouthpiece Allergy

[BELDON WADE]

Stainless steel works well in earring posts, no doubt your mouthpiece can be reproduced by a machine shop having a vertical milling device using stainless blanks.

beldon wade
> On 07/26/2020 8:44 AM Bob Koester via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
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> Many years ago I had a bad allergic reaction to silver plate.  Switched to gold and never looked back.  Good luck.
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> Bob Koester, Principal, MSI Financial
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> From: Trombone-l <trombone-l-bounces at trombonelist.org> on behalf of James L Scott via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2020 7:05 PM
> To: List Trombone <trombone-l at trombonelist.org>; Dave Demko <demko61 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Possible Mouthpiece Allergy
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> Try gold plating - that often takes care of it. If not, you can try a lexan rim on a silver cup or a stainless steel mouthpiece. One of those should work for you. I'm really enjoying my Ultimate Brass mouthpiece that has a gold-plated cup & rim, Great feel on the chops (it helps that it's a great mouthpiece as well)!
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> Good luck!
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> Jim Scott
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> From: Trombone-l <trombone-l-bounces at trombonelist.org> on behalf of Dave Demko via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2020 3:35 PM
> To: List Trombone <trombone-l at trombonelist.org>
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Possible Mouthpiece Allergy
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> Hi all,
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> Who has experience with allergic reactions to standard silver-plated
> mouthpieces? I have one spot where the rim crosses that sometimes fades but
> never goes away. No swelling. At first I thought it was a cold sore. It
> doesn't quite seem like what some brass and flute players on the web have
> described as allergies.
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> I'm going to switch over to a Kelly Lexan mouthpiece when I have a stretch
> of practice-only days to see whether stopping contact with silver plate
> will make a difference.
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> Thanks,
> Dave
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