Nickel - many people are allergic to this, and over the last 15 years or so nickel has mostly been eliminated from watches, jewelery (espeically stainless steel studs) and glasses frames. Cheap imports may still contain nickel.
There's usually a layer of nickel under the silver plate, when the silver gets thin/wears off, the nickel problems return...
German silver (Neusilber) has a lot of nickel in it. It's other main ingredient is copper.
Copper's quite poisonous and this may be your problem as well. Zinc is, however, considered to be good for the skin and zinc based creams are often prescribed for skin problems.
Maybe you should consider going to plastic instruments. Plenty of plastic clarinets around. And for saxes, there's the old Grafton and the newer Vibrato to consider... You can always get solid silver keys made up...
There's usually a layer of nickel under the silver plate, when the silver gets thin/wears off, the nickel problems return...
German silver (Neusilber) has a lot of nickel in it. It's other main ingredient is copper.
Copper's quite poisonous and this may be your problem as well. Zinc is, however, considered to be good for the skin and zinc based creams are often prescribed for skin problems.
Maybe you should consider going to plastic instruments. Plenty of plastic clarinets around. And for saxes, there's the old Grafton and the newer Vibrato to consider... You can always get solid silver keys made up...
