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| New Friend | cleaning the trumpet?!?!?! so guys, i am new here, so i will give you a little background... i am a senior in high school and i am going to college to study the trumpet. long story short, i love to play. i was just wondering what some of you guys on here did specifically for that once-a-month deep clean. thanks a lot!!! Sincerely, Chris Jackson MYNWA |
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| Forte User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Rochester, MN
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![]() | Chris, For the novice, here is a good description of what to do: http://www.musichem.com/articles/pst_care.htm Personally, I gave up on soaking and such when I bought a steam cleaner. It removes more gunk than any other method I know of and leaves absolutely no residue since you are cleaning with steam. Greg |
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Greg, You need to fix the link. There's an extra period at the end that makes it not work.
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| Mezzo Forte User | gzent, over time do you think steaming your horn will damage your joint,s? i mean that,s gotta be some heat your putting thru the horn. just wondering.
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The model I use is the Euro-Pro Ultra Steam Shark II that you can buy at Sears. This is at the low end of the cost scale, so its low pressure and low temperature compared to the more expensive models. These cheaper models don't exceed about 240 degrees F coming out of the boiler. By the time the steam goes through the hose, out the spout and hits the metal I'm sure it has cooled down quite a bit closer to 220 or less. The "soft" solder used in making the slides and softer sections of brass instruments is something like 60/40 tin/lead ratio which melts around 360 degrees or so. There's no way the steam can melt that solder. It requires a butane torch to melt. The silver solder used in construction of the valve section and pistons melts at much, much higher temps, something like 1200 deg F and requires a propane torch. So, I'm not worried about damaging the metal with steam. So far, I haven't seen it get hot enough to soften lacquer either. Now, considering the corrosive chemical cleaners that are used by some shops I think the steam cleaning is the way to go. Plus, it leaves no residue like chemicals that can keep eating away if not neutralized. Also, consider that if that sort of heat were a problem then the solder joints would be ruined on trumpets that have "baked" finishes. Just my 2c, Greg PS - I'd love to hear Leigh's (of Eclipse Trumpets) views on the subject. | |
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I can't imagine steam cleaning my horns.... I clean them weekly using the snakes and what not you run through them. Polish them, etc... That's it.... Works for me...
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