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Brass Care and Maintenance
Key Benefits
- Hassle-free enjoyment
- Reduced servicing costs
- Protection of your musical instrument investment
Guidelines
A brass instrument requires
proper care and maintenance. Here are some tips to keep your instrument
working well and give you maximum enjoyment from your playing.
- Put the instrument in
its case whenever you finish playing it
- Use a mouth piece brush
to clean the mouth piece regularly
Make sure that you
Never use excessive
force to insert the mouthpiece into the instrument
Apply
tuning slide grease
to keep tuning slides lubricated
Occasionally apply
valve oil to valves
to keep them lubricated
Use a
valve casing brush to
remove any foreign deposits inside the valve
Rotary key oil (e.g.
French horns) is used to lubricate rotary keys
Trombone inner slides
can be cleaned with a soft, non-fluffy cloth
Trombone outer slides
can be cleaned with warm water and a flexible cleaning brush. Apply
slide cream sparingly
to the ends of the inner slides. You can also spray the inner slides
with a spray bottle.
Always keep trombone
slides locked when they are not being played
Do not eat or drink
immediately before playing your instrument (in particular avoid soft
drinks)
Bath your instrument 2-3
times a year (make sure you remove all slides and valves first!).
After immersion, you can use a
valve brush and
flexible cleaning brush
to clean extended lengths of tubing
Use a
polishing cloth to
remove fingerprints and grit from the instrument's body if you have
a lacquered instrument
Use a
silver cloth if you
have a sliver plated instrument
If you have any concerns,
make sure you contact In Tune Music for the
right advice. We also have a number of cleaning and maintenance
accessories in stock.
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