Frequent Maintenance

Occasional Maintenance

Polishing Cloth, Silver Cloth and/or Silicon Cloth should be used to clean the surface of your instrument after every use.

Slide Grease and Tuning Slide Oil create an air-tight seal and prevent sticking of tuning slides

Valve Oil is especially formulated to give piston valves fast smooth action.

Mouthpiece Brushes clean the interior of brass mouthpieces. S for trumpets, cornets, French horns, and other brass with small mouthpieces, L for trombones, tubas, and other large brass

Rotor Oil helps prevent corrosion and reduces friction for smooth, rotary valve operation. Lever Oil and Rotor Spindle Oil ensure a noiseless mechanism.

Polishes restore the luster to instrument finishes; Lacquer Polish, Silver Polish, and Metal Polish (for nickel- plated or un-plated surfaces).

Polishing Gauze (size L) wrapped around a cleaning rod removes dirt and moisture from trombone slide.

Tone Hole Cleaners are ideal to clean out the waterkey holes of brass instruments.

Slide Cream should be applied to the stockings of a trombone's inner slides, then a Water Spray used for smooth action and air-tight seal.

Cleaning Rods and Gauze should be used to clean the interiors of slides, valve casings, and other straight tubing. Oil Grease Cleaner removes excess oil which can trap dirt.

Flexible Cleaners have a brush on the end of plastic coated flexible wire for cleaning hard-to-reach tubing and crooks. Brass Soap is a neutral detergent specifically developed for leaning inside brass instruments.