Silverware is not created equal. The stainless steel flatware is soul-less. But nickel sliver invented by Germans as Neusilber [ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neusilber ] and Melchior [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchio...) ], silver-plated or not, is all-music. And by the way, there is a kitchen-based, non-chemical, non-mechanical method to clean it like a dream.