[TPIN] kill bill/studio tpt equipment

[David Arndt]

I've been using plain old Holton oil for as long as I can remember.   Years
ago, when I was playing for a *living* (many moons ago) I even used
unscented lamp oil (really) - the stuff you can by for about $3.00 a liter!
It worked as well as anything, I swear.   Recently (prompted by posts on
this list) I tried Binak.    Didn't work for me, just seemed to gum up my
valves big time... so I went back to the Holton.
 
Most recently, a repairman here in Tenafly NJ turned me on to an oil that's
heavier (for the valves on my picc) made by a guy here in Jersey.  This
stuff is called "Hetman #3" oil - and it is synthetic.   He specifically
pointed me to this because he valves on my picc need a heavier grade.
Haven't tried it yet on the old Bach Bb.
 
Have to admit that I'm not an equipment fanatic - and probably a bit
negligent in this arena, which might explain the crummy valves on my Bach Bb
- I probably just didn't break them in carefully enough.   (I was also
working in a symphony orchestra in latin america when I first purchsed that
horn, so the incredibly hot and humid weather *might* have had a role to
play also).
 
Which synthetic oils do you recommend?
 
- da
 
 

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From: DVTheob at aol.com [mailto:DVTheob at aol.com] 
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:02 PM
To: darndt at oriongate.net; r_brawn at sympatico.ca; tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
Subject: Re: [TPIN] kill bill/studio tpt equipment


Have you tried the synthetic valve oils? I have found they work well and for
a long time!!
       Dan
 
In a message dated 4/15/2007 8:19:08 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
darndt at oriongate.net writes:

Ha! Not my fingers man, definitely the valves (this Bb is not the only horn
I play...;-).

Also, I find the Binak to be much too heavy - have tried it a few times.  On
most of my horns it seems to gum up the valves.  It does seem to work well
on my Getzen picc.

Cheers,

- da

-----Original Message-----
From: Rod Brawn [mailto:r_brawn at sympatico.ca] 
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:25 PM
To: darndt at oriongate.net; 'tpin tpin'
Subject: Re: [TPIN] kill bill/studio tpt equipment

If the valves on your Strad are too stiff, get some of Nanette's oil and
start practising Clarke exercises.  If your fingers are too weak from lack
of muscular tone, and your valves seem stiff, then more work will help both
of these challenges.

Just an Amateur, but B. Mus.  Hons. Ed.UWO 1996,

Rod Brawn
>
Plus the valves on my Bach Strad
> ML 37 are like driving nails.  Very stiff, always have been... Really 
> want something more nimble.  The days have long since passed when I 
> judged myself based on how well I could play the opening to Mahler 5.  
> > Cheers,
>
> - da
>
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