Just wondering if anyone has bought an LR II (metal) recently and is experiencing any plating wear already. Or, if not wear, any obvious oxidization(?) AKA Green Stuff. By recently, I mean within the last couple of years, when Fred started putting biteplates on his mouthpieces.
I have an older one (I got one from saxofoonwinkel, well before they were widely available in the US). I believe that was around 2007 when they first came out? The table has some green pitting that normally means brass oxidation, but the plating looks to be fairly intact. The green stuff looks like it's eating the plating over time...the bottom of the table where the end of the heel of the reed sits is the worst affected, and "chunks" have come off.
The sound and response are still ok, but was wondering what is going on.
picture attached...you can see the green areas, they're pretty obvious. You can also see the plating has pitted. In particular, look at the top corners (this is the bottom of the table).
I have an older one (I got one from saxofoonwinkel, well before they were widely available in the US). I believe that was around 2007 when they first came out? The table has some green pitting that normally means brass oxidation, but the plating looks to be fairly intact. The green stuff looks like it's eating the plating over time...the bottom of the table where the end of the heel of the reed sits is the worst affected, and "chunks" have come off.
The sound and response are still ok, but was wondering what is going on.
picture attached...you can see the green areas, they're pretty obvious. You can also see the plating has pitted. In particular, look at the top corners (this is the bottom of the table).
