FS: Gold Rim Bach 6 1/2AL - Newly Plated
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:05 pm
I posted about three 6 1/2AL mouthpieces I sent to a local shop, in another thread. This company re-plates mouthpieces regularly. They came back today! I had an in-depth discussion about how much gold would go on the rim after they re-silver plate everything. I wanted to make sure they would put the gold down nice and thick. I learned some interesting info; Industry standard for gold plated jewelry is supposed to be 7 millionths of an inch. This company has low-cost gold plated jewelry come to be re-plated because the gold wore off. They often measure 3 millionths of an inch (where gold remains) in jewelry where the gold has worn through.
As you can see from this work order, they put down 20 millionths of an inch of gold on the rim of these. They're confident this gold isn't going to wear off.
I'm selling the nicest one. It's engraved "6-1/2AL" (the other two are engraved "6-½AL").
The plastic was removed to take the pictures, but that's it. No lips have ever touched (or will touch) the gold on this mouthpiece until it's with a new owner.
$95 Shipping included (CONUS).
The slight smudge you can see in this picture on the stem is my fingerprint.
One thing that is different than the factory gold plated Bach mouthpieces is that they didn't take the gold all the way down the inside (see below). If that bothers you, this mouthpiece isn't for you. (Again the smudge on the stem here, is a fingerprint.)
As you can see from this work order, they put down 20 millionths of an inch of gold on the rim of these. They're confident this gold isn't going to wear off.
I'm selling the nicest one. It's engraved "6-1/2AL" (the other two are engraved "6-½AL").
The plastic was removed to take the pictures, but that's it. No lips have ever touched (or will touch) the gold on this mouthpiece until it's with a new owner.
$95 Shipping included (CONUS).
The slight smudge you can see in this picture on the stem is my fingerprint.
One thing that is different than the factory gold plated Bach mouthpieces is that they didn't take the gold all the way down the inside (see below). If that bothers you, this mouthpiece isn't for you. (Again the smudge on the stem here, is a fingerprint.)
