Work Zone for Cleaning Brass Instruments by Expert Village

And now were talking about getting our supplies and our work zone together touched on it briefly. A bath tub is good, a kitchen sink is good. I've created a kitchen sink style bathtub right here and some place where you don't mind getting a little wet... Read More »

How to Tune Slides on a Trumpet by Expert Village

Well the next pieces that are part of the construction of the trumpet and many brass instruments: the tuba, the baritone, the euphonium, the French horn-- they all are made of cylindrical tubing that is bent. The bends are called slides, and slides are... Read More »

How to Grease Slide for Brass Instruments by Expert Village

Well now we've got our clean parts and they just need a little bit of help when we have our slides because we want them to slide. So what we do is grease our slides. Occasionally you can use some Vaseline to grease a slide, I generally use a little bit... Read More »

Parts of Baritone Horn by Expert Village

Now we are talking about tuning slides. Tuning slides is pretty much what it sounds like. Slides that move in and out that make more air pass through and thereby lowering the tone of the instrument or shortening it and raising the tone. Each one of these... Read More »

Final Inspection: Brass Instrument Cleaning by Expert Village

Well, now we are doing our final inspection, and I've noticed that a valve is sticking down here. Even though it's oiled, it's having some trouble, and I can only think that it's something to do with the spring. So, I notice that this is a little loose... Read More »