| Re: 3rd valve stuck!!!!
Take a good look at the valve, looking for discoloration. If the monel plating has worn off in one part (due to the angle of depression, usually) the valve will tend to stick. For these situations a valve oil made by LaTromba (it might even have teflon in it, and smells like bananas) works quite well, although the valves aren't lightning fast.
Playing a borrowed flugelhorn at a kiddie concert showing off the flugelhorn, the third valve stuck, so I started using alternate fingerings until another valve stuck, at which point I switched horns. It didn't produce any future flugelhorn players!
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