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I know that the gold and silver thicknesses are very small... I'm mostly curious if anyone has experience with mouthpieces playing the same or different after re-plating.

Has anyone perceived a noticeable change?
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paulyg wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:08 pm ...

Has anyone perceived a noticeable change?
No, but I'm not terribly discerning.
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A long time ago I had a couple of silver-plated mouthpieces replated in gold. They didn't play any differently, but they sure looked nice, and tarnish became a thing of the past.
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I was hoping to resurrect this thread.

What is a good place to send a mouthpiece for replating or gold plating?

I’ve heard Dillons Music & Anderson in Elkhart. Anyone with good/bad experiences?
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I understand Doug Elliott does this.

My experience with Anderson is that they don't do small orders. You'd have to send a bunch of mouthpieces. Or use someone as a collector to make a suitable order. I remember Benn Hansson offering to add some of mine to an order a few years ago.
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Sometimes you can find a jewelry store that does gold plating. Last one I used was did the best job and was faster then getting your dry cleaning done. Some stores can't plate more then the cup as there tray is too small.

I am allergic to nickle so it was a must to plate. Doug Elliot's are silver plated so I don't gold plate any more.

I found platting only seemed different for the first day or so, then it seemed like the same MP.
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whitbey wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2019 7:10 am Sometimes you can find a jewelry store that does gold plating. Last one I used was did the best job and was faster then getting your dry cleaning done. Some stores can't plate more then the cup as there tray is too small.

I am allergic to nickle so it was a must to plate. Doug Elliot's are silver plated so I don't gold plate any more.

I found platting only seemed different for the first day or so, then it seemed like the same MP.
Waning: Jewelry platers often plate less than pure gold. Often the plating is mixed with nickel or cobalt. If you are allergic to nickel, make sure the plating is 24 karat gold; no less.

Another thing: jewelry is plated for appearance and can be quite thin. This means that the plating may wear quickly or permit some of the substrate metals to bleed through.
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BGuttman wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2019 8:26 am
whitbey wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2019 7:10 am Sometimes you can find a jewelry store that does gold plating. Last one I used was did the best job and was faster then getting your dry cleaning done. Some stores can't plate more then the cup as there tray is too small.

I am allergic to nickle so it was a must to plate. Doug Elliot's are silver plated so I don't gold plate any more.

I found platting only seemed different for the first day or so, then it seemed like the same MP.
Waning: Jewelry platers often plate less than pure gold. Often the plating is mixed with nickel or cobalt. If you are allergic to nickel, make sure the plating is 24 karat gold; no less.

Another thing: jewelry is plated for appearance and can be quite thin. This means that the plating may wear quickly or permit some of the substrate metals to bleed through.

Yup. This guy used the good stuff. His plating was better then new MP's. He plated several times.
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I recommend Stork Custom Mouthpieces in Vermont for any mpc work including replating
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I have personally had good luck with GoldChops, fast turnaround and very reasonable pricing. I had a mouthpiece Gold Plated and the quality seems to be as good as a new mouthpiece.
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Growing up, I had a nickel / silver allergy and silver plated mouthpieces wouldn't work for me (seems to have disappeared with age?). My dad would work with the local music shop to get gold plate done; I was a kid and don't remember the logistic particulars. I think any local music shop would know whether there are platers to recommend in your area.

The pieces we had done have lasted quite nicely. I have never noticed a difference in plating affecting playing, then or on the few that I've had done since. The different friction of face-on-plate will affect more, IMO, than the couple microns of applied plating.
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Plus one for Stork. They just gold=plated a mouthpiece for me. Looks and feels great. Turnaround ws quick and the price was reasonable. Highly recommended!

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Suggest Mouthpieceplatingservice.com. This is what they do. Silver or gold. Call and speak to Dave who is a really experienced guy. He does mouthpieces for people all over the USA.
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