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My not-so-high-tech solution for grime gutters for my Weril 980 euphonium is working well. http://tinyurl.com/32t7cc
I need your help. I'm still getting stains on my shirts from the grease on the 4th valve slide . I once saw a great solution to this with pictures included. I've searched, but can't find it. It may have been posted on another site . It involved plastic tubing that covered the inner slide without hampering the slide movement. I believe it was a 321 owner. Can anybody post a link to that thread?
Miraphone CC 186-4U
Weril 980S
Ibanez acoustic guitar
I think it was on Dave Werden's forum where I shared what I do to keep from getting slide grease on my shirt.
I got some 5/8 vinyl tubing and cut a piece long enough to cover the exposed slide with enough vinyl to cover a little bit more. Then slice the vinyl piece lengthwise with an exacto knife and straight edge. Then attach the vinyl piece to cover the exposed slide with a small cable tie to the fixed portion of the slide above the exposed part. They say a picture is worth a 1000 words... well maybe this one's worth a 100.
Arrange the open or slit part of the vinyl tubing so the support on slide will clear the vinyl when you adjust the slide for tuning.
BTW, this is the main tuning slide, not the 4th valve slide. I think that's what you meant.
Last edited by Rick F on Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ/RF mpc YEP-641S(recently sold), DE mpc (102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank) Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches: "Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
Eric B wrote:My wife will be glad when she does the laundry too!
Yep. The first time I played with this horn in concert, I got some grease on my tux shirt. Took it to the cleaners and they couldn't get the grease spot out. I took it home and used some spot cleaner (probably shout-it-out) and soaked it. Came out just fine.
Bob1062 wrote:Rick, do you think that using a bit of tubing could also work as a "slide stop"?
It might work. Vinyl tubing comes in many sizes and is pretty cheap so you can afford to experiment. Six years ago I bought 10' of the 5/8 size for about 2 bucks, and I still have about 2' or 3' left.
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ/RF mpc YEP-641S(recently sold), DE mpc (102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank) Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches: "Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
Rick F wrote:BTW, this is the main tuning slide, not the 4th valve slide. I think that's what you meant.
I do want to apply this remedy to the main slide. I haven't had sleeve stains yet because it is still hot in Texas and I'm wearing short sleeve shirts. I'm getting stains on the front of my shirt where the horn rests against my chest. My technique is probably flawed. Should I hold the euphonium out more from my body? (tuba is my primary instrument, while euphonium is just my hobby...ie church solos). Or maybe I need to lose this gut!
Anyway, I'm sure I could make this work on the 4th slide just as well. I'll just have to cut a slit for the brace of the part that doesn't slide so I'll have enough tubing to fasten the vinyl tubing to.
Miraphone CC 186-4U
Weril 980S
Ibanez acoustic guitar
Sorry, I forgot -- your horn is a Yammy 321 so the slide you're concerned about IS your 4th slide. On a compensator, the main tuning slide is against your body.
Should I hold the euphonium out more from my body?
Not necessarily, if you read what Arthur Lehman wrote in his "The Art of Euphonium Playing (Vol. 2)" about producing a 'big tone', one of his 12 steps is to hold the horn tight to your body. (I think it helps with diaphragm support). Here's a link to read his 12 steps to producing a 'big tone':
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ/RF mpc YEP-641S(recently sold), DE mpc (102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank) Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches: "Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
I'll have to take Arthur Lehman's 12 steps to heart. I had to slide mine over some metal kitchen spoons of the appropriate diameter and boil them in water to make the vinyl pliable. It was rather flattened as sold at the store. It's going to work.
Eric
Miraphone CC 186-4U
Weril 980S
Ibanez acoustic guitar
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. I once saw a great solution to this with pictures included. I've searched, but can't find it. It may have been posted on another site 
. It involved plastic tubing that covered the inner slide without hampering the slide movement. I believe it was a 321 owner. Can anybody post a link to that thread?
