| I know that the durability factor is one of the reasons for silver plating, but for me, Silver plating has generally been anything BUT durable. The plating starts to bubble where I hold the horn, and then it chips and flakes away, leaving the raw brass underneath. Of course, some might argue that I don't maintain my horn well enough and that's why the plating goes south, and there might be some truth to that, but as I said, I don't seem to have any issues with lacquer.
It probably is the "bang for the buck" factor that causes silver to be the plating metal of choice, even though some folks have some issues with it. It's certainly cheaper than gold!
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