Posted by Rick Denney on September 04, 2000 at 17:23:22:
In Reply to: Gold Plated Mouthpiece Durability? posted by Larry Zaidan on September 03, 2000 at 22:09:09:
I have a gold PT-48 that was played by a pro extensively before it's liesurely retirement on my horn. The gold is noticeably thin on the edges, with the silver underplating showing through. I figger it's about a dozen years old, or perhaps a bit more. But it still has that gold feel.
But I bought a gold-plated Conn Helleberg on sale about ten years ago, and the plating wore through to the brass carcass in a year. No silver underplating on that one at all.
Rick "Yes and no" Denney