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SomeNewbie
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Ok I finally saved enough money to purchase a new flute (very hard task for a teenager)so naturally I want to keep it as clean as possible. The flute came with a polishing cloth (blue) so i wipe down my flute with it and i had a polishing cloth previously (yellow) that i used and if i wipe my flute with that after the blue cloth it gets even cleaner then once a week i take water and something like plain tissue or clean cloth and wipe it down (i was told this was good if i did not have a polishing cloth wich is what i did for my old flute)It used to work the best on my old flute but recently a black residue has been coming of on to tissue/cloth which never happend before with my old flute i don't know if this is due to the cloths or the water and tissue i obvioulsy don't want to damage my flute and i don't know if this black residue is from over polishing my flute (is that even possible?)and i don't know if the clothes had anything on them because the blue one had nothing on it (it just came with the flute) and the yellow one said for silver instruments so i don't know if they are treated with anything (i have heard that can be damaging if used to often)this new flute is all sterling silver were the other was only silver plated so i don't know if that has anything to do with it
me
Interesting fact for reading this and trying to help me:
Aulophobia: Fear of Flutes
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Micron
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Shake the cloth. If some powder comes out of it, then it is treated with a silver polish. Use it only occasionally. It is for REMOVING tarnish.
Focus on PREVENTION of tarnish, by wiping (invisible) finger marks off every time you use it, with a non-treated cloth.
Another prevention idea worth pursuing is keeping a strip of anti-tarnish paper inside the case. It removes tarnishing contaminants from the air while the flute is shut up inside the case.
There are many sources, eg http://www.silverguard.com/c-9-3m-anti-tarnish-strips.aspx
BTW, if you want to get educated on silver care, probably the best site is:
http://www.silversmithing.com/care.htm
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Micron
(1480 points)
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Shake the cloth. If some powder comes out of it, then it is treated with a silver polish. Use it only occasionally. It is for REMOVING tarnish.
Focus on PREVENTION of tarnish, by wiping (invisible) finger marks off every time you use it, with a non-treated cloth.
Another prevention idea worth pursuing is keeping a strip of anti-tarnish paper inside the case. It removes tarnishing contaminants from the air while the flute is shut up inside the case.
There are many sources, eg http://www.silverguard.com/c-9-3m-anti-tarnish-strips.aspx
BTW, if you want to get educated on silver care, probably the best site is:
http://www.silversmithing.com/care.htm
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Plekto
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A tiny bag or little container(about the size of a thimble) of desiccant also works. You want to keep excess humidity away from it if at all possible.
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suzie
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There was one of those over-polishing flute players during my high school years that had a treated cloth (with the dust that came off the cloth) and polished over and over again, etc. She'd play during band class and go to lunch with a gray lip plate-shaped mark underneath her bottom lip. It was amusing (to say the least!) and, come to think of it, if she would've tried playing upside-down she would've looked like a blonde... well... you know.... (reltiH lol)
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