What's rose brass?

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Lukey
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Post: # 9137Post Lukey

Not sure if anyone can help me out here - I'd probably get laughed at on the Screwfix forums - but I recently liberated some very nice escutcheons off of some built in wardrobes from a building due for demolition and after polishing one up with Brasso found that the brass has a pink\red hue to it. A friend of mine suggested that it may be 'rose brass' but after a good Google I can't seem to find out much about it i.e what gives it the hue and whats the difference between it and normal brass. Any antiques experts here who can help me out? Before you ask, they ain't made of copper :)
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Judi
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Post: # 9511Post Judi

Never heard of rose brass before, but as brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, could be the copper coming through. One other thought, which may depend on how good a mate he is, you get rose gold so could he possibly be having a bit of a laugh with rose brass???
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Post: # 9514Post danensis

I know Rose Brass is used in saxophone bells, supposedly to give a better sound, but I don't know what makes it different. Perhaps you could ask in a music shop?
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Tony McC
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Post: # 9521Post Tony McC

Isn't it some strange metal like Antimony or Rhodium that's added to the brass mixture to alter the colouring? Or is that summat else?
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