| Trumpeter 62758: ask for "anhydrous" lanolin at your drug store. You can also complain to Getzen, and perhaps get a new slide and "retire" your old one. The oversize ball your "techie" forces into your horn affects the bore along a greater length than an old mouthpiece (with its morse taper) does.
Trompetvrow: No, I want a Porsche! Dave is a really nice guy, and deserves whatever fortune he makes. I like him, and want him to be rich; but as a free-lance professional player dealing with everything from 440 to 446 as a tuning pitch, and conductors who raise the left hand before the very first trumpet entrance, my horns have to be flexible as all-get-out. My sweet spot, my "Q factor" needs to be big and broad and sometimes requires more slide than looks "correct," and when we use those slides they start to leak. Therefore, my solution is to expand the slide, using an old mouthpiece as a mandrel, because if I keep going to the repair shop I'll never get my Porsche!
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