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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:03 pm
by iiipopes
Hmmm. Since most shops will unstick mouthpieces for free, and since you aren't having any "work" done, they should loosen them for you for free as a good will to get you to come back when you need some repairs or periodic maintenance. Just make sure you ask what to put as appropriate lubricant on the threads so you aren't going back every week!
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:10 pm
by SplatterTone
If you have any of the rubber sort of stuff you use for gripping and unscrewing tight lids on jars, you can snip off a piece of that and try it on the rotor caps before giving up and taking it to somebody with the right tools.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:56 pm
by Ace
Yep, that's Miraphone tightness for you. I've owned two new Miraphones over the years----a 186 CC and a 1291 CC (both are very good horns, BTW).
A strap wrench worked fine on loosening the valve caps on the 186. However, the space between the valve caps on the 1291 is almost non-existent---- I'm not sure a strap wrench can be applied there.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:01 pm
by Ace
I guess I should have pointed out that the bottom valve caps 1-4 on the Miraphone 1291 are piston valves if that makes any difference in loosening them. There is a bottom cap on the #5 rotor also.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:31 pm
by prototypedenNIS
Rawhide mallet
tap directly on the edge of the cap with the followthrough going counterclockwise (to apply a little bit of force in taking it off)
this is the standard tool for piston valve caps as well.
PS. If you need to reech further, a small piece of wood (like a cut off blunted drumstick) can reach through tangling tuba tubing.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:41 pm
by TubaRay
prototypedenNIS wrote:Rawhide mallet
ditto
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:16 pm
by Rick F
Glad you got tha caps off. But if you need a tool that will fit in tight places -- like valve caps on a euphonium or tuba, you can get the Zyliss Strongboy. Works like a charm.
http://astore.amazon.com/tubaeuphonium- ... B002O3Y7I2
...price $12.56
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:36 pm
by Kevin Hendrick
Good to see that everything's staying on an even Kiel ...
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:07 am
by prototypedenNIS
Oh, while they're still loose
PUT SOME SLIDE GREASE ON THEM
so next time they'll probably still be loose.
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:44 am
by Chuck(G)
prototypedenNIS wrote:Oh, while they're still loose
PUT SOME SLIDE GREASE ON THEM
so next time they'll probably still be loose.
A bit of anti-seize works wonders also:
http://www.sacskyranch.com/antiseize.htm
