Source: Beautiful Bell Washes & Fine Silver Plate! on The ‘rose gold’ effect is achieved by laying on a copper wash (thin layer of copper plating) instead of a 24K gold wash. ‘Rose gold’ is gorgeous, but really not gold at all. The second method results in a ‘rose gold’ effect, used primarily by Buescher on its silver plated saxes made after about 1925. The plating bath isn’t maintained long enough to make the surface layer so dense in gold to be ‘gold plated’ – merely ‘washed’ over with a lovely golden tint. A yellow gold effect is achieved simply by briefly plating a highly polished silver inner bell in 24 karat gold. There are two techniques for achieving it. The gold bell wash was standard on silver plated saxophones made in the USA before WWII. He writes the following about gold and copper washes: Now with regards to the rose gold wash bell, according to Bear at Cybersax, Buescher achieved this look not with gold, but with copper. The Buescher serial number chart on Saxpics also confirms that this C melody is from 1925. According to Pete’s research from when he owned Saxpics, this horn is a Series II True Tone.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |