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Re: Best way to clean and polish silver clarinet keys

Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-02-10 01:50

When I've got a set of tarnished keys that have been stripped of all pads and key corks (as well as adjusting and flat spring screws), I soak them all in a tub filled up enough Goddard's Silver Dip to cover them all (usually two jars) to remove the heavy tarnish.

That's then followed by washing in hot soapy water and rinse that off with hot water (which helps them dry quicker, but still need to dry all the key barrels with a pipe cleaner), then go over all the keys with a silvercloth to bring up the shine.

I wear cotton gloves while polishing keys with a silvercloth to keep fingerprints off the freshly polished keys and also to stop the silver polish/tarnish mixture turning your fingers black.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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