From: John Thaden Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:04:59 -0500 Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Chromatic=5FRattle=5F&=5FH=5Fohner=B4s=5F? >7. Plated reedplates; electroless nickel, I believe.
Not nickel-chromium? Never heard of electroless plating. How does it work?
>analyze with a mass spectrometer. It is inconceivable to me that all the >manufacturer's don't know exactly the formulas for their competitor's reeds.
>From an article discussing some of the mysteries of fine prehistoric metallurgy, I was led to conclude that it isn't all that easy to properly describe alloys by scientific tests. Is knowledge of the fractional elemental makeup of an alloy sufficient to be able to reproduce it? Aren't their matters of crystal size/structure?
