I'm curious on the gold plated horns what karat they are.
For instance, some modern gold plated horns sell for less than an ounce of gold. I seriously doubt that they are a high karat gold.
24k is pure gold. but as the karat goes down other metals are added such as copper. In the jewelry world there are standard mixtures .... in the instrument world .... who knows.
In the US a certain content around 10k is the minimum to be sold as "gold". But that's for jewelry. I think that would still be too expensive for the price difference between a bare brass and gold plated horn. I'm guessing the gold karat is far below 10k
otherwise i'd be buying up all the gold plated horns from Taiwan/China melting the plating off and building a collection of bare brass horns whilst making a ton of money.
For instance, some modern gold plated horns sell for less than an ounce of gold. I seriously doubt that they are a high karat gold.
24k is pure gold. but as the karat goes down other metals are added such as copper. In the jewelry world there are standard mixtures .... in the instrument world .... who knows.
In the US a certain content around 10k is the minimum to be sold as "gold". But that's for jewelry. I think that would still be too expensive for the price difference between a bare brass and gold plated horn. I'm guessing the gold karat is far below 10k
otherwise i'd be buying up all the gold plated horns from Taiwan/China melting the plating off and building a collection of bare brass horns whilst making a ton of money.