Unfortunately, Brass Bow near Chicago is no longer in business. Since Wayne
left I guess they weren't able to keep their customer base, which is a shame,
because they still were doing excellent work.> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:05:25
-0800> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Pro horn cleaning
question> To: horn@music.memphis.edu> > I would suggest an ultrasonic cleaning
as done by Ken Pope or the Brass bow and now most certainly by other
technicians. It does not use chemicals and removes more crud than a chemclean.
I know you said not to suggest it, but if chemical cleaning hasn't made you
happy then I would seek something different. The cost has been getting very
close to that of a normal cleaning, and more and more techs are doing it.
Alternatively, Reka [http://www.reka-web.com/english/] sells excellent products
as does Hornflush [http://www.hornflush.com/]. They make it very easy for
anyone to do at home, provided they take a little care and pay attention to the
process.> Understand too that if you have let the horn go awhile, when it
[comes back all clean inside it will play more like new. I remember being given
my high schools' first double horn all new in the fall and in the early spring
[only 7-8 months later] cleaning it in my bathtub. Thank goodness I had done it
several weeks before solo festival because even then it played very differently
- I had acclimated to the changes in resistance over time and had not realized
that I was doing so. > Paxmaha> > > ----- Original Message ----> From: Scott
Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Hi everybody,> My horn needs to be cleaned out but
I am procrastinating because > every time I get it cleaned out it comes back
not to my liking. Once > it got bright dipped and it came back a strange lime
color and I was > told by a horn maker that it reduces the life of the horn >
significantly. Once it wasn't cleaned out well and you could tell > there was
grit left in the valves. Ow. By the way please don't > suggest ultrasonic
cleaning. Maybe some other time...> I have a couple of questions:> 1) How much
would it cost me to buy the chemicals for the repairman > so I can make sure
they are clean and pure when used on my horn?> 2) How difficult or dangerous
would it be for someone of average > ability to do the job? I can take the
valves apart and put them back > together and take out small dents.> I
appreciate any information you could give me, on the list or off.> > Scott> >
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