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How to Clean a Trumpet
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How to Clean the Inside of a Trumpet
Double Tonguing Technique for Playing the Trumpet
Trumpet Exercises to Increase Trumpet Playing Endurance
How to Increase Finger Dexterity for Trumpet Playing
How to Hold the Trumpet while Playing
How to Produce a Sound Playing the Trumpet
What are the Parts of the Trumpet?
Tonguing Technique for Trumpet Playing
Triple Tonguing Technique for Trumpet Playing
How to Clean & Maintain Trumpet Valves
What are the Valve Positions on a Trumpet?
How to Cool Down Your Lips after Playing the Trumpet
Beginning Trumpet Playing Tips
Summary: Learn how to clean the valves on your trumpet in this free video on playing the trumpet.
"Valve care. It’s real important to keep your valves well oiled and maintained. Again you could also use some warm soapy water, not hot; you don’t want to take the finish off. This is an older trumpet and some of the finish is gone, but a little warm soapy water, dip them on in. you want to use a cleaning rod which you can attach any cloth to and what you’ll be able to do is wrap this up and you might want to swab the inside of the valve out, getting any of the dirt out of there. Take that off and then you want to, after you’ve cleaned the inside of the valve, you’ll want to wipe off the valve itself and apply a little bit of oil and keep everything well lubricated. A little bit of oil on the sides there and right on in the valve. Click it into place, blow a little air into it and everything will be nice and clean. So that’s valve number one and you’ll want to go through and you’ll want to clean each valve individually with the same method. Taking the valve out, cleaning the inside of the valve, click casing and wiping the outside of the valve off and reapplying some oil. "
eHow Article: How to Clean & Maintain Trumpet Valves
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Comments
chemasalazar said
on 7/31/2009 This is great I cleaned the valves with the rod first, then i oiled and it worked great! Now i make sweet music!
trumpetman said
on 3/22/2009 remeber kids, always wrap up your cleaning rod before puting it in the well lubed
valve.
trumpetman said
on 3/22/2009 I like to oil my valve well.
I also oil my cleaning rod, well acually my pipe cleaner.