Clean your horn!

Manny Laureano · 01-02-2006, 07:30 PM

I feel like an absolute idiot.

For the last two days my playing and the Bb's response has felt sluggish. I'm thinking "What the heck?" and getting frustrated.

Then I thought "Could it be? Yes, it could. Something's dirty...nothing's good. If I would clean...".

After a good snaking and going over the mouthpiece the difference was unbelievable. I mean, the horn was stable again and the sound buttery and free. Good grief, I felt stupid to let it get like that. But, in my defense, I guess I'll say that it's an insidious process and I'll just have to mark something on the calendar every month and make it a regular date with my horn's insides. Maybe it won't be as disgusting if I make it a regular thing. I'll probably clean it once more before I leave for Puerto Rico at the end of this month.

Now, the lot of you... go clean your horns!!!

ML

Tootsall · 01-02-2006, 07:50 PM

Same thing if you notice valves starting to get boggy and no matter how much you might wipe them out and reoil the situation doesn't get any better. Clean the ENTIRE horn paying particular attention to the use of the snake ... 'cause you've been blowing crud out of the pipes and into the moving bits. I once found that there was stuff floating in the washtub (plastic, green, trumpet washing, for the use of) and it was "Eeewwwww". Valves are happy again. Trumpet gets cleaned more frequently.

A.N.A. Mendez · 01-02-2006, 08:17 PM

Even the great ones..... Do you ever use those herco balls/wads you blow through inbetween cleanings?

MasterBlaster · 01-02-2006, 09:18 PM

Your advice is my command...I typically do a pretty good job of keeping my trumpet clean, but your post was a good reminder after a busy Christmas season at church.

My father in law, who also plays trumpet in the church band, had the same problem right before our Christmas concert. He cleaned his trumpet for the first time in a very long time...Wow, it looked almost new when he was done.

Ray

(Long time lurker...first time poster)

Solar Bell · 01-02-2006, 09:43 PM

We're supposed to clean them???

Inside????

-cw-

Alex Yates · 01-02-2006, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schilke b6

We're supposed to clean them???

Inside????

-cw-

Chuck, Manny - ewwwwwww! Cooties!

A.N.A. Mendez · 01-02-2006, 11:44 PM

OMG I didn't think that term was still around! I'm talking from the 60s! That is cool.

cornetguy · 01-03-2006, 07:12 AM

I cleaned mine yesterday. Valves sluggish. Pulled out all sorts of green crap. I try to every 4-6 weeks.

Oh from She who must be obeyed. Make sure you clean the bathtub when you are done cleaning your horns.

Mikey · 01-03-2006, 07:16 AM

I use the laundry tubs in the basement. Easier than the bathtub,

brian moon · 01-03-2006, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikey

I use the laundry tubs in the basement. Easier than the bathtub,

Safer too, if they are plastic.

01-02-2006, 07:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Manny Laureano Utimate User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: USA Posts: 5,989	Clean your horn! I feel like an absolute idiot. For the last two days my playing and the Bb's response has felt sluggish. I'm thinking "What the heck?" and getting frustrated. Then I thought "Could it be? Yes, it could. Something's dirty...nothing's good. If I would clean...". After a good snaking and going over the mouthpiece the difference was unbelievable. I mean, the horn was stable again and the sound buttery and free. Good grief, I felt stupid to let it get like that. But, in my defense, I guess I'll say that it's an insidious process and I'll just have to mark something on the calendar every month and make it a regular date with my horn's insides. Maybe it won't be as disgusting if I make it a regular thing. I'll probably clean it once more before I leave for Puerto Rico at the end of this month. Now, the lot of you... go clean your horns!!! ML

01-02-2006, 08:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
A.N.A. Mendez Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 567	Even the great ones..... Do you ever use those herco balls/wads you blow through inbetween cleanings?
	__________________ (Above) Alexanders ragtime band-circa 1960 "Baby, I'm already the coolest, and the hippist, now you want me to be on time too?" Buddy Love "We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and our best generals to edit our newspapers." Robert E. Lee

01-02-2006, 09:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
MasterBlaster New Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1	Re: Clean your horn! Your advice is my command...I typically do a pretty good job of keeping my trumpet clean, but your post was a good reminder after a busy Christmas season at church. My father in law, who also plays trumpet in the church band, had the same problem right before our Christmas concert. He cleaned his trumpet for the first time in a very long time...Wow, it looked almost new when he was done. Ray (Long time lurker...first time poster)

01-02-2006, 09:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
Solar Bell Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Metro Detroit Brand: Eclipse Posts: 3,755	We're supposed to clean them??? Inside???? -cw-
	__________________ Chuck Willard *The Willard of Oz* "Don't be afraid to see what you see." Ronald Reagan

01-02-2006, 11:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
A.N.A. Mendez Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 567	OMG I didn't think that term was still around! I'm talking from the 60s! That is cool.
	__________________ (Above) Alexanders ragtime band-circa 1960 "Baby, I'm already the coolest, and the hippist, now you want me to be on time too?" Buddy Love "We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and our best generals to edit our newspapers." Robert E. Lee

01-02-2006, 07:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tootsall Fortissimo User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Yee HAW! Posts: 4,641	Same thing if you notice valves starting to get boggy and no matter how much you might wipe them out and reoil the situation doesn't get any better. Clean the ENTIRE horn paying particular attention to the use of the snake ... 'cause you've been blowing crud out of the pipes and into the moving bits. I once found that there was stuff floating in the washtub (plastic, green, trumpet washing, for the use of) and it was "Eeewwwww". Valves are happy again. Trumpet gets cleaned more frequently.

01-03-2006, 07:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
cornetguy Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Saint Paul, MN Brand: Yamaha, Bach, Getzen Posts: 730	I cleaned mine yesterday. Valves sluggish. Pulled out all sorts of green crap. I try to every 4-6 weeks. Oh from She who must be obeyed. Make sure you clean the bathtub when you are done cleaning your horns.
	__________________ Res Severa Verum Gaudium

01-03-2006, 07:16 AM	#9 (permalink)
Mikey Forte User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,861	I use the laundry tubs in the basement. Easier than the bathtub,
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