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Address: Suite 101, 48 Atchison St., St Leonards NSW 2065

Hints and Tips

Woodwind Guidelines
Flute, Clarinets, Saxophones, Oboes


Daily
Swab & Clean your instrument after you finish playing.
Remove reed  from your mouthpiece
and store in it's reed case.

Weekly
Clean your mouthpiece using a mouthpiece brush
Check joint corks & apply cork grease if needed.
Clean & polish your instrument with a polishing cloth. 

Monthly
Check key action and apply key oil if needed.
Bore Oil wooden instruments

Yearly
Service your instrument at least once a year.

 




Return your instrument to it's case when not in use.
Do not place music folders inside the instrument case!
Do not eat or drink immediately before playing your instrument (avoid soft drinks.) 
Don't leave your instrument in direct sun or a hot car!

Brass Guidelines 
Trumpets, Trombones, Baritone Horns,
Euphoniums, Tubas

Daily
Check valves are sufficiently oiled, 
Apply valve oil if needed. 
Check Trombone slides have enough
 slide cream and water.
Move tuning slides in & out.

Weekly
Clean your mouthpiece, using a mouthpiece brush.
Check Valves are sufficiently oiled.
Check tuning slides are greased properly. 
Clean & polish your instrument with a polishing cloth. 

Monthly
Dismantle, wash & clean your instrument.
Dry, rebuild, grease tuning slides, oil valves & apply slide cream for trombone slides.

Yearly
Book your instrument in for a service 
at least once or twice a year 

Return your instrument to it's case when not in use. 
Make sure that you never use excessive force to insert the mouthpiece into the instrument 
Do not place music folders inside the instrument case as this can damage the instrument 
Do not eat or drink immediately before playing your instrument (avoid soft drinks.) 
Don't leave in the sun or boot of a car

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