| First you get a steam roller...
Seriously, we were working up Beethoven 8 for a show tonight and Bob Dorer has a slick way to get the valves oiled:
Do as Mike A, suggested and pour the oil in the valve port and wiggle the valves a bit. Then, take of the bottom valve cap (actually, do that first), cover the open tubes with your two fingers and blow hard into the lead pipe. Can you picture that?
What you'll see in a couple of seconds is the oil bubbling up in a hundred tiny bubbles at the bottom of the valve where you can see the rotation. That's the oil being forced around and through the valve. It works great! Flip the valve a few times like a trill and you'll see how nice it works.
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