TrumpetMaster - View Single Post - Difference between 24k gold bead blasted and regular lacquer bead blasted finish

bilboinsa · 05-22-2007, 11:52 AM

Vinny:

Welcome. The topic is discussed a lot. Many folks and makers say that a lacquer gives your horn a bit "warmer" sound--not as brilliant as, say, silverplate. They also say that usually, gold remains a neutral effect on the tone. Others say there is no difference at all. Probably the best advise is for YOU to try them both (if possible), weigh all considerations, the YOU make your personal choice.

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bilboinsa Pianissimo User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 222	Re: Difference between 24k gold bead blasted and regular lacquer bead blasted finish Vinny: Welcome. The topic is discussed a lot. Many folks and makers say that a lacquer gives your horn a bit "warmer" sound--not as brilliant as, say, silverplate. They also say that usually, gold remains a neutral effect on the tone. Others say there is no difference at all. Probably the best advise is for YOU to try them both (if possible), weigh all considerations, the YOU make your personal choice. __________________ Doug Walsdorf Schilke B2 Kanstul 1525 1927 Conn 22B New York Symphony "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."