Sax on the Web Forum banner

Melissa Aldana key risers?

2K views 12 replies 11 participants last post by  Saxdaddy 
#1 ·
Tried the search button, to no avail.
Does anyone know what the reddish stuff is on the palm keys and on part of the left pinky cluster of Melissa Aldana’s tenor?
Are they key risers or is it a rubber coating that prevents from slipping of those keys? It looks like a rather thin coating…
 
#5 ·
I have a mk. vi that Emilio put key risers/ramps on. This was back in the early '90's. I believe he used jb-weld, lol (I doubt I'll ever be able to remove it). Ms. Aldana's keys are souped up with something else. From the looks of it Dr. G is most likely correct in his assumption that it's plasti dip. If so, this was used not so much to change the shape of these keys, but to add traction to keep her fingers from slipping off these keys. Neat idea.
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top