This looks like a "spray" of tarnish.
Have tried warm water with detergent.
Have tried simichrome (wenol), tarnishield to no avail.  Tarnish stayed, silver came off a little but more than I would have liked.
Have polished with silver cloth.  uh-uhh.  Still there.
Any suggestions from the experts would be much obliged.
			
							Will this polish off?
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				wuffeeflaute
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Will this polish off?
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Re: Will this polish off?
Maybe polishing each spot very lightly (I mean it!) on a wheel with Tripoli, then another session with Rouge for finishing.
			
			
									
									
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				fluteguy18
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Re: Will this polish off?
It almost looks like the silver is starting to become pitted. What is the lip plate made of? I would have an experienced tech take a look at it. I suspect that it is a silver plated headjoint/lip plate and the plating is starting to come off. My student flute looked like this before the plating started to flake off.