[TPIN] quick lick

[Achias1 at mchsi.com]

The story that I heard was that saliva was a common valve lubricant in the early years, which might explain 
why many early cornets have such leaky valves - the acid in the saliva ate away at the valves and casings.

Hmmm

Dave


> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "luther Bolen" <lbolen2 at roadrunner.com>
> To: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:48 AM
> Subject: [TPIN] quick lick
> 
> 
> > When I was in high school, I played a gig with
> > some older guys, and one trumpet player, who
> > looked like he was in his 40's, was having
> > trouble with a valve sticking on the beat up
> > trumpet he was playing on----he unscrewed
> > the valve cap, removed the green piston, and
> > lubricated it by inserting it into his mouth,
> > stuck it back in the horn, and the valve once
> > again worked properly----YUK!
> >     Luther
> 
> Hummmmmm......I wonder if they make strawberry flavored valve oil.......
> 
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