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Old 10-23-2006, 05:53 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mikey View Post
Years ago, when the American Legion Band I was a member of did Christmas parades, we used alcohol on our valves. It worked great. You would take a swig out of your flask, and blow it through the horn. Valves stayed nice and slick.
Oh Mikey your a very BAdddd man!

But I like the way you think. Only we "true" northerners would come up with that solution!
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