Hi Gretchen, ]Thanks for the detailed reply. I to use no 5 wt on upper and lower valve bearings, Holten rotor oil down the slide tubes to oil the internal rotor surfaces. I'll try the Fat Cat grease on the slides. BR, Mark
-----Original Message----- From: gretchenz...@gmail.com To: The Horn List <horn@music.memphis.edu> Sent: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 9:40 pm Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Slide Grease Mark, This may be more information than you had in mind but I couldn't resist. In my opinion, it is probably worthwhile to spend 20 minutes or so once a week to oil and grease your horn. Do it while you watch some mindless thing on TV for amusement. I have always done this and my 42 year old 8D is in great shape as are my 2 Lawsons. There is no residue build-u7p in the valves. As Walter Lawson recommended to me many years ago, I use three different weight oils. A heavier one for the springs, no. 5 on the rotors and in the valve caps, and no. 1 down the slides. (Kendall Betts who now owns Lawson Brass Instruments can give you more information about the oils.) Fat Cat grease works well as slide grease. The oil and grease seem breaking each other down leaving the valves clean and fast. In my humble opinion, a small investment of time pays off. Gretchen Zook Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: mkolnsb...@cs.com Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:20:23 To: <Horn@music.memphis.edu> Subject: [Hornlist] Slide Grease Any suggestions for a long lasting slide grease.? I have tried gun grease; Selmer Slide/Cork Grease; GOO Tuning valve slide lube; Schilke Slide Grease w lanolin; all Hetman types; STP. Nothing lasts more than a week w the Holton Rotary valve oil I use. Thanks, Mark________________________________________________________________________ Email message sent from CompuServe - visit us today at http://www.cs.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/gretchenzook%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/mkolnsberg%40cs.com ________________________________________________________________________ Email message sent from CompuServe - visit us today at http://www.cs.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
