Please, if not my music teacher will literaly eat me. theres something wrong with one of my valves. i tried valve oil, nope. is it the spring? i dont want to have to pay for a new one. anyone please?
2006-08-30 15:35:19 · 8 answers · asked by The Samster 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
yes i tried oil, cleaning it under the tap...
2006-08-30 15:39:24 · update #1
Is one of your valves sticking? Is that the problem? Or is the valve acting like there is no spring in it? I need more specifics. I played coronet (same thing only shorter, different tone-but basically the same thing) for many, many years. Have you tried to clean your horn? What I used to do is run a sink half full of water, luke warm, nothing else. Tear down your horn....taking all the things off it and soaking just the horn body in it. Put all your pieces in it too. After you have soaked it a good 20 minutes, get soft cloth (one that doesn't have a build-up of lint) and start to wipe the pieces dry. Make sure they are dry! If you got a snake for your horn, now is the time to use it. Make sure your cloth is long enough to dry every spot inside and out on your horn. When it comes to the valves, make sure you blow any remaining water out of them (kinda sick, I know...but you have to do it). Before re-assembling your horn take some vaseline to the other pieces before putting them back in. When it comes to the valves, go ahead and put them back in...putting the covers back on the bottom of horn....squirt the valve oil in each hole and immediately turn the horn back over and quickly finger your valves 1-2-3, repeatedly several times. But make sure you have lined them correctly. If they are stiff you may have to turn them until they push down smoothly. If this hasn't helped by then, contact me through my profile page by clicking on my name and then e-mail me.
2006-08-30 15:51:44 · answer #1 · answered by teashy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you pop the valve out?
If you didn't drop it or bang it on something, then try popping the valve out completely and running some warm water over it to clean it off.
Also, make sure when you put it back in that you turn it until it snaps into place.
Dry it really good, put some valve oil on it, and pop it back in. If this doesn't work, let me know.
2006-08-30 15:37:54 · answer #2 · answered by Mama R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you sure the valve is lined up in the cylinder right, check to see it the notch on the valve in in the track in the valve cylinder I have never known a spring to go bad. 5 to 1 this is the problem
2006-08-30 15:39:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pull on the spring a little and strech it out. a little to springey is better then not. also oil you felt gromet and don't tighten it down so hard. hope this helps. if not bring a napkin and some salt. music teachers like thinks clean and salty. :)
2006-08-30 15:39:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it to a music store. my valves were sticky so i used brass cleaner and it helped alot
2006-08-30 15:38:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
did you make sure you put them back in the correct spot? If you put them in the wrong place it will not work properly
2006-08-30 15:37:21 · answer #6 · answered by GIGGLES 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
see if there is something in sid
2006-08-30 15:37:41 · answer #7 · answered by Mathews L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sit on it and play like dizzie
2006-08-30 15:37:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋