bath time

billeuph · Post by **billeuph** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:22 pm

Decided to give my King B flat a bath today. It was a bit overdue. A few minutes with some warm water and a snake and, wow! I can't believe that there was that much crud in the horn, and it came out of me! The lead pipe was nearly plugged, the passages between the valves were also pretty bad. Ugly looking stuff came out; might be considered toxic waste.

I never eat while playing, but I do have a few frosty beverages to lubricate the chops. Maybe this crud is what beer looks like when the body is done with it ...

The horn plays a lot better now, but I really hadn't noticed any problems before the bath. I decided to give my Besson E flat a bath also (hey, the bathroom was already a disaster zone), and I hadn't played the horn nearly as much, so there wasn't too much crud. The worst spot was, again, the lead pipe.

Have you bathed your tuba today?

Bill Anderson

J.c. Sherman · Post by **J.c. Sherman** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:57 pm

A fellow tubist came up with the best erm for the grey goop inside the worst horns - Tuba Yogurt!

Ewwwwwwwwww!

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:23 am

Yes, just a couple of weeks ago I bathed my 186. I found a leak in the bell stack ferrule that needs attention.