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This is kind of a non-tuba question...

I'm currently student teaching at a middle school in Syracuse NY. We're beginning to introduce kicking out the third valve slide on D's to the trumpet players. A few of the players' slides are completely stuck. Is there anything we can do to free them up aside from sending them out to be cleaned? Thanks for any help you guys can give me.

- Mike Horsford

For something like this, techs are cheap, techs are good, and techs avoid a lot more damage caused by untoward unexpected consequences of improper attempts at self-repair.

iiipopes wrote:For something like this, techs are cheap, techs are good, and techs avoid a lot more damage caused by untoward unexpected consequences of improper attempts at self-repair.

Agreed. The repairmen have tools that the public can't get...

....you can lap them in nicely with some LAVA soap

I found this a rather curios thing to use. Isn't Lava a pumice soap. That's not too abrasive on the brass ?

Quoted from Wikipedia : " Unlike typical hand soaps, Lava contains ground pumice, which gave the soap its name. The soap and pumice combination is intended to scour tar, engine grease, paint, and similar substances from the skin. "


Hmmmm.... I suppose the combination of the soap and the oil keep it from really cutting into the brass ? Can you elaborate on this Joe ?

oldbandnerd wrote:

....you can lap them in nicely with some LAVA soap

I found this a rather curios thing to use. Isn't Lava a pumice soap. That's not too abrasive on the brass ?

Quoted from Wikipedia : " Unlike typical hand soaps, Lava contains ground pumice, which gave the soap its name. The soap and pumice combination is intended to scour tar, engine grease, paint, and similar substances from the skin. "


Hmmmm.... I suppose the combination of the soap and the oil keep it from really cutting into the brass ? Can you elaborate on this Joe ?

Here a interesting piece of trivia. Lava is made by the WD-40 people. They bought it from Procter&Gamble in 1995.