Hey Toots
Thanks for answering my post. I was thinking exactly the same thing myself...don't force frozen valves. LOL no no I wont lick the playground equipment thats for sure. I am using a Lexan Kelly mouthpiece for these cold gigs so that helps alot. And I am using a lot of extra valve oil too so the pistons wont freeze.
Thanks for the weather report
I have been playing through it all though cause the money is good specially by all the bars on the main strip in my town on Friday and Saturday nights. Bar hoppers are really generous with thier loonies and toonies. (For US readers thats the Canadian form on $1 and $2 bills.) Ahhhh the good old days in the 1980's when Canada had $1 and $2 bills!
Thanks for your insight Toots. Let us all know how that Wynton Concert goes
Rick AKA Trumpet Man
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Originally Posted by Tootsall Rick, if your horn is warmed up to where you can move the valves then don't worry about it. The danger is that if you have some condensation in the valves and it is frozen.... and you subsequently try to "FORCE" them to move before they are thawed out... then you could distort/warp something. Otherwise just remember.... don't lick the playground equipment!
Also... go to a lighter weight oil for winter... maybe a 5W30. 
It WAS -40 is here last week. It was also +13 (C) today..... a 53 celsius degree "swing" in just a few days. Oh well, if you don't like the weather just wait a moment... it's about to change. |