Posted by Historical Anecdote on July 06, 2000 at 07:38:35:
In Reply to: Re: Silver vs. Gold Mouthpieces posted by Matt Walters on July 05, 2000 at 11:10:29:
Matt, there is actually one more reason. Gold plating became popular because some of the best brass players of an earlier era (e.g., a couple of trombone players and maybe a trumpet player or two but no tuba players!) where notorious alcoholics. The alcohol removed the silver plating and hence gold was substituted. Gold plating solved at least one problem