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Jazzbabe22
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Posted: 2006-04-19 21:54 CET | |
| alright, my friend's horn's valve is sticking and we cant figure out why, the valve is clean, oiled, its put in right, and we checked the spring. what else could be wrong with it?! pelase help : ( | ||
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Spaminator 3000
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Posted: 2006-04-20 04:03 CET | |
| It's possible that even though the valve is clean, the valve casing (the tube the valve slides up and down in) has some gunk in it. Have your friend try cleaning it out with a coil or toothbrush or something. It could also be that the valve is bent. This can be fixed if you send it in to be repaired, but it'll probably cost some money. Also, your friend could try curling their fingers more. This will cause the fingers to push the valve more straight up and down, so it will rub less on the valve casing. Good luck! | ||
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Jpst
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Posted: 2006-04-20 04:04 CET | |
| clean the valves all time when you finish to play, when the problem dont finish i used a vaseline in teh valves play just a little take off teh valves clean again and ist all , fast valves! | ||
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franzi
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Posted: 2006-04-20 13:46 CET | |
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and if all else fails... sandpaper.... i guess my mom wasnt really looking at quality when she sent me a trumpet for my birthday. within a week all valves were completely stuck, and following directions from a fellow trumpet player i went to the store and got valve oil. unfortunately, this did not solve the problem, so my dad tried some of his oil he uses for bikes, which had teflon in it. it still wasnt working, so we walked to the hardware store and got super fine sandpaper and sanded around each individual hole in the valve and then the actual valve casing. then it worked like a charm. thats probably not the case with you, because sometimes trumpets need a good oiling. and if it is the case, you probably shouldnt sand if you are not too sure you know what you are doing. 
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Asian Man
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Posted: 2006-04-21 05:32 CET | |
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NO!!!! All the posts so far have given BAD information! Okay the one about cleaning out the valve casings is the only good one but the other's are real bad. They could be stuck for many reasons. 1. Grease from the valve slides leaked into the valves. 2. valve slides are bent 3. Misalignment (said earlier) 4. uneven pressure (said earlier) 5 Bad brand of a trumpet 6. Wrong oil 7. wear and tear on the piston and valve casing 8. damaged valve casing Okay now about the vasiline post...it's not a good idea. Really vasiline would probably clog tubes which would not be a good thing and would probably make the valve sluggish than it would with just oil. THE SAND PAPER IS A NONO! Why would you use sand paper on a instrument that was made a certain way to work the way it should. Now i'm not talking about ebay horns because those are crap. Those holes in the valves (pistons) are that size for a reason and it's all in the science of making a trumpet. Messing with those will affect negativily on the trumpet in many ways and could ruin it. Even if you know what you're doing, you're probably not a professional instrument repair person so put the hammer, sand paper, saw, screws, pliers, and send it to a shop! |
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franzi
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Posted: 2006-04-22 19:40 CET | |
Asian Man wrote:
[smalls]eh... i have a really cheapass trumpet which was made in some sketchy place in india. its actually so cheap that the shine is rubbing off where i hold it but thats besides the point. my dad is a professional bike mechanic so he actually knows about these things and well... the wholes were punched out with a machine, leaving a rough surface that would stick and get sluggish when pressed, so he actually just sanded down the holes and made the valve all smooth and nice. but as i said before thats probably not the case....[/small] |
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Spaminator 3000
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Posted: 2006-05-04 20:38 CET | |
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Yeah, I agree with Asian Man...don't sand your trumpet...and vaseline is only for greasing your tuning slides. I thought of something else that might be causing the valve to stick. It's possible that the spring in the valve has something jammed in it or is just in bad shape. Take out the misbehaving valve and try to look at the spring (it's inside the valve, but you should be able to see it through a little slit in the side of the valve). There should also be little tabs sticking out of this slit. Try moving the tabs and/or spring up and down and see if it works properly. If it's not this nor any of the things already mentioned...I have no idea. Good luck! |
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Spaminator 3000
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Posted: 2006-05-04 20:39 CET | |
| Oh...you said you already checked the spring...Whoops... | ||