I talked to my repairman over the weekend, and he and I talked about how I oil my horn. Basically I was over oiling the bearings of the rotors, and in doing so the oil was covering the sides of the rotors and slowing everything down. He suggested that I rise out my rotors with rubbing alcohol and then just reoil the sides of the rotors. After doing this, everything has worked significantly better. Instead of oiling the bearings everyday, now I just oil the bearing when either they start making noise or once a week.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Joel Gilbert <pgsagilb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mr. Weiner, > > > I was using hetman light rotor oil for the top, al cass for down the > slides, and very little stp oil treatment for the slides. The rotors didnt > slow down until I reoiled them about 5 days after I got the horn back from > the repairman. To oil it, I usually put oil into the slides, push them the > whole way in, and invert the horn. My horn has brass rotors. Any ideas as > to what caused it/what I should use? It's a fairly new horn, so the rotors > arent too worn yet. > > Thanks, > > Joel > >> >> message: 4 >> date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:35:35 -0400 >> from: Brass Arts Unlimited <i...@brassarts.com> >> subject: [Hornlist] Oil >> >> >> I play on a Paxman 23 and recently had it cleaned. I had been using >> Hetman >> light rotor oil down the slides and Hetman rotor oil on the bearings. >> Before I had it cleaned the valves were getting kind of sticky, thus the >> cleaning. When I got it back, the repairman said to use Al Cass down the >> slides and a slightly thicker oil on the top. In proceeding with this >> recommendation, I found that my rotors slowed down to a crawl. Does >> anyone >> have any different recommendations as to what to do about this? They are >> basically no better than before I had them cleaned right now. << >> >> Joel, >> >> This could be happening for any of several reasons. Before answering your >> question, I would want to know: >> - what are you using for a "thicker oil on the top"? >> - what are you using for slide grease? >> - what is your exact procedure for oiling your horn? >> - were the valves slow immediately after you got the horn back, or did it >> take a while (and if so, how long)? >> - does this horn have titanium rotors? >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dave Weiner >> Brass Arts Unlimited >> >> > -- Joel Gilbert _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
