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My twenty-year old Meister (made by B & S) alto has started to lose a bit of lacquer on a couple of contact points, specifically underneath the metal thumb hook and also some nickel plating from one of the left hand palm keys.
Suddenly, the area where my right thumb rests has had lacquer lost and I'm getting a black thumb from the bare brass and it also feels weird on my thumb, not being shiny . Can I purchase a small pot of lacquer to 'paint' on it? Or since it's only a small non-noticeable area, would clear nail varnish be an alternative? As it stands, how could I prevent it getting a patina without lacquer?
Can I also do anything about the small amount of lost nickel plating on the palm key?
I know that eventually a full relacquer (which this horn doesn't need, being 100% everywhere else) would cost far more than the market value of the sax but to me, it is worth it. Does anyone know if my particular make of sax might be clear or gold lacquer? The reason is, if I eventually had a relacquer, I'd like it to be a good colour match to how it is now, if it is coated with gold colour rather than clear. An alternative would be to have the sax gold plated. Again, this is worth it to me but not to anyone else.
Suddenly, the area where my right thumb rests has had lacquer lost and I'm getting a black thumb from the bare brass and it also feels weird on my thumb, not being shiny . Can I purchase a small pot of lacquer to 'paint' on it? Or since it's only a small non-noticeable area, would clear nail varnish be an alternative? As it stands, how could I prevent it getting a patina without lacquer?
Can I also do anything about the small amount of lost nickel plating on the palm key?
I know that eventually a full relacquer (which this horn doesn't need, being 100% everywhere else) would cost far more than the market value of the sax but to me, it is worth it. Does anyone know if my particular make of sax might be clear or gold lacquer? The reason is, if I eventually had a relacquer, I'd like it to be a good colour match to how it is now, if it is coated with gold colour rather than clear. An alternative would be to have the sax gold plated. Again, this is worth it to me but not to anyone else.