 Hard Valves
I've borrowed a cornet off of a friend for a short solo in one of the orchestra's I play in (don't worry - apart from the short solo it's all on the Trumpet!)
Anyway, he hasn't used it for several years and the valves are "hard". They're oiled and move freely, but you have to push them down with quite a lot of force - which makes it very difficult to play.
Does anyone know of a way that I can loosen up the valves so that they don't require as much force to push them down? |