I recently just got a polishing cloth for my flute, and the cloth is made by York, and when I use it on the flute it leaves a silver/blackish colored residue on the cloth, is this bad? Is it stripping away silver from my flute? Please help, i`m concerned, thanks

- falling4ever3

It`s only natural for your flute to leave a residue on the cloth: you`re rubbing the dirt and tarnish off. It`s like whiping your dirty hands off on a towel before washing them in the sink: stuff comes off.

Unless parts of your flute are flaking off, I wouldn`t be worried.


Gumdrop

Well that`s what I thought at first, but I cleaned the same spot a couple of times and it would still have black-silverish residue left on the cloth, my flute is not that dirty! lol..

Mine does that too and I just got my new one at christmas. Its okay, dont worry about it.

Yeah, this is normal especially for silver. My flute can look perfectly clean and stuff still comes off on the polishing cloth. It`s nothing to be worried about unless you intentionally rub one spot over and over hours and days and weeks at a time, then maybe you`ll wear a little bit off.

So, don`t be overly concerned, just keep your flute free from spit and fingerprints when you put it away and enjoy the playing of it!