I have a full set with using nickel for all metal parts. Anyone have any good suggestions for getting rid of the
tarnish and keeping them as they looked new?
Why polish them? I just let mine turn green and crusty, but you could use jewelers rouge or Flitz or Brasso or even toothpaste.
Sunshine Cloths?
http://www.sunshinepolishingcloth.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Trio-Sunshine®-Jewelry-Cleaning-Cloths/dp/B000BVN18Q
I use a chrome polish (Autosol) such as you would use on your car. This is per the advice of my pipemaker. Careful not to get it on the wood, plastic or ivory on your set.
djm
Autosol is great stuff. Works best if applied while the piece to clean is spinning on a lathe.
Steer clear of any polish that has ammonia in it. It tends to make the metal retarnish at a rapid rate and really ugly after you use it.
All right… this is the stuff… amonia free and wood friendly too! You may be able to get it cheaper on amazon!!!
http://www.capecodpolish.com/products/main_index.php?osCsid=72ff91e3abbce4a74002181583a5261d
I used to polish my pipes until bad things happened… a word from the damaged… if polishing your pipes take them apart and remove the reeds first! Way too much hassle in my opinion… but hey… nobody asked for it so it is what it is as they say sometimes.
Wow! Amazing what three hours of sleep can do for ones conversatorial abilities!
PD.
I use a dremel tool with special polishing disks that I found at J.S. RITTER here in portland maine . They have loads of pipes friendly stuff , small tools , beads ect . The polishing disks are made in various grades , like sand paper and can be used to really clean up a set of regs , getting areas of metal work that cant be reached, or would be damaged otherwise .
I also use a dremel for reeds , carefully .
tom . 
these disks are impregnated with metal polish and are made of soft plastic , or rubber , they are not sandpaper .