For a jeweler whose never done this, are any particular instructions necessary other than "gold plating?" Thickness, 14 vs 24 or whatever carats (sp?) - anything like that?
-S- > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > du] On Behalf Of Richard V. West > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 8:20 PM > To: The Horn List > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Looking for Giardinelli C series Gold Rim > > Hi Steve: > > If you already have a silver screw rim, get it goldplated. > The cost is generally fairly minimal, especially compared to > purchasing a new gold plated rim. I've done this several > times with my silver screw rims. Look up silver and gold > plating firms in your yellow pages or, failing that, > sometimes music stores (particularly those specializing in brass > instruments) can get it done for you or recommend a source. > > Richard in Seattle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Freides" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'The Horn List'" <horn@music.memphis.edu> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 9:56 AM > Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Looking for Giardinelli C series Gold Rim > > > > Ah. I've tried one Giardinelli mouthpiece, a C12 one > piece, and liked the > > way I sound on it much better than on anything else, so I'm > going to stick > > with Giardinelli for the time being, particularly since > they're relatively > > inexpensive. My teacher said that anything from an 8 to a > 15 is fair game > > for me at this point in time, so I'm getting cups in 8, 12, > and 15, plus a > > gold and a silver rim so that I can experiment a bit to see > what, if any, > > difference there is. The whole pile of cups and mouthpieces from > > Giardinelli, including one or two of their other series (G > or S, if memory > > serves), cost me all of $100 in total. I guess these were > all discounts > or > > closeouts of some sort. > > > > -S- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > du] On Behalf Of Chris Tedesco > > > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 11:53 AM > > > To: The Horn List > > > Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Looking for Giardinelli C series Gold Rim > > > > > > Oh sorry, I wasn't referring to a Giardinelli rim, but to a > > > Lawson. I like the S series of rims from Giardinelli. > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > --- Steve Freides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Giardinelli sells the rim for less than $20, see > > > > > > > > http://www.giardinelli.com/srs7/g=brass/s=french/search?c=6968 > > > > > > > > -S- > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > du] On Behalf Of Chris Tedesco > > > > > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 11:37 AM > > > > > To: The Horn List > > > > > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Looking for Giardinelli C > series Gold Rim > > > > > > > > > > Make sure there is a return policy. I found out the > hard way I > > > > > prefer silver rims after buying a near $100 rim with gold > > > plating. > > > > > I was however able to replace it with a silver rim and > > > gold cup for > > > > > a very funky looking mouthpiece! > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > --- Steve Freides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I've settled on Giardinelli mouthpieces for the time > > > being but I'd > > > > > > like to try a gold rim. http://www.giardinelli.com is out > > > > > of stock on > > > > > > the gold rim and isn't expecting them until March so I'd > > > > > like to find another source. > > > > > > > > > > > > If anyone knows of somewhere that's got them in hand, > > > > > please let me know. > > > > > > Or, of course, if anyone has one they'd like to sell, > > > that would > > > > > > be fine with me, too - I don't need a new one. > > > > > > > > > > > > Many thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > -S- > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > > > > > > unsubscribe or set options at > > > > > > > > > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/tedesccj%40yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > > Yahoo! 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