We're introducing a line of mouthpieces in black anodized nickel. Is anyone
aware of a downside to this finish?
 
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FYI, Brancher uses black nickel plating on one of their mouthpiece lines.  It was not real black looking though.  I almost though it was a stainless stell piece.

We're using VERY black plating for the "Black Magic" model...if you have
ever seen a Steve Goodson Model horn in black nickel, I'm using the same
plater
 
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Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Re: black nickel finish
 




FYI, Brancher uses black nickel plating on one of their mouthpiece lines. It
was not real black looking though. I almost though it was a stainless stell
piece.

Hi Steve et al -  As an interested [clarinetist] reader [Chem  Engr] having 
had courses in Electrochemistry and Plating [long ago], I made a  couple of 
Google searches re: nickel plating hazards and found some refs to  
carcinogenic questions.  I womdered what "Ni compound" the finish might be,  and 
thereby what might be dissolved/ingested by our [healthy] slightly alkaline  pH 
7.4 saliva.  I guess I'm suggesting you might want to take a look into  
what documentation there is "out there",perhaps of no concern at all  ?  Don
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When my brother was looking for a sax, he asked the seller about black nickel and was told that some people's chemistry is such that their body oils can leave tarnished fingerprints on black nickel, sort like what happens when I handle newly polished brass.  He may have been told that because the seller didn't have a black nickel horn in stock.  Don't know.

Mark