I want to add some gold

Jaredtheocwonder · Post by **Jaredtheocwonder** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:28 pm

I have a silver plated conn 52j and became curious to what would be some good parts to add some gold plated accents haha and where I might go to do this. Any info would help. Dont know if Id actually do it just wondering the possibilities

PMeuph · Post by **PMeuph** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:47 pm

This might help:

http://www.andersonsilverplating.com/ba ... ument.html" target="_blank

Ken Herrick · Post by **Ken Herrick** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:52 am

Andersons would be the place to go but, as I think Joe is suggesting, if you want to invest in gold, bits and pieces on your 52 ain't the best way to do it. Of course, if you want some glitz and have money to burn - well, it's your tuba and your money.

sloan · Post by **sloan** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:09 am

Ken Herrick wrote:Andersons would be the place to go but, as I think Joe is suggesting, if you want to invest in gold, bits and pieces on your 52 ain't the best way to do it. Of course, if you want some glitz and have money to burn - well, it's your tuba and your money.

Joe would never add glitz to a horn...

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:43 am

Decorative gold is very thin. It was popular for automotive trim a few years back and can be done by simple brush plating. Here's a possibility: http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/plugnplate.htm

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:08 pm

sloan wrote:
Ken Herrick wrote:Andersons would be the place to go but, as I think Joe is suggesting, if you want to invest in gold, bits and pieces on your 52 ain't the best way to do it. Of course, if you want some glitz and have money to burn - well, it's your tuba and your money.
Joe would never add glitz to a horn...

+1

SousaSaver · Post by **SousaSaver** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:16 pm

You can do what Besson does with it's accented instruments: Finger buttons, top caps, maybe the ferrules on the tuning slides.

BUT you are probably the only person who is ever going to see that stuff and it won't (in my opinion) add any extra value to your instrument.

I vote to leave it alone.

Donn · Post by **Donn** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:49 pm

It's sort of a dreary kind of glitz anyway. I mean, gold plate on top of silver plate - real eye-catching back in Louis XVI's day, I bet.

How about tiger stripes?

TUBAD83 · Post by **TUBAD83** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 5:30 am

I would go with gold plated finger buttons and a gold plated mouthpiece--anything beyond that and you might as well throw some fake wannabe rapper gold chains around your neck and call yourself pimp daddy. Silver is beautiful don't jack with it, man.

JJ

bort · Post by **bort** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:19 am

A bright shiny tuba with gold accents is definitely a beautiful thing to look at. But, you'd better be able to make it sound beautiful too, or else you're a sitting duck back there. A dull, ugly tuba sets no expectation that it'll sound good based on how it looks, and if you can make it sound great, then all the better.

Ok, I'm only half-serious here... but all the same, I'm still half-serious.

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