type band instrument at a very low cost. Many of our finest craftsmen devote all of their time to
repadding, repairing and adjusting. You are assured of perfect work."
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the average layman but in reality is very simple. A large tank is filled with cyanide solution in which silver has been
dissolved. Large plates of solid silver are immersed in the solution attached to the positive end of an electric wire. The
negative end of the wire is attached to the instrument to be plated, which is suspended in the solution. When the current is
turned on it flows from the silver plates through the solution to the instrument, carrying the dissolved particles of silver with
it and depositing them on the instrument. The thickness of the plating depends on the length of time the current is turned on
and also on the strength of the current. King instruments all receive a long time in the tank under a low current, and the
quality of plate put on is second to none." 1927 King Trumpet and Cornet Archives
lustre, prior to lacquering."
WWN # 19
on his H. N. WHITE KING Super 20 trumpet
