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 Re: cloudiness to nickel plated keys
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2014-04-18 18:59

Nickel plated keys will turn grey when they tarnish and it can only successfully be removed by machine polishing - best done during a complete overhaul when all the pads and key corks are removed. They will come back to a bright shine, but it won't last as nickel will always tarnish.

Some instruments are more prone to it than others, even identical instruments depending on how they're maintained. Some can go for years without tarnishing at all, yet some can tarnish up within a short time. Swings and roundabouts.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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