How to clear a trombone and care for the stick?

A trombone is especially cared for by the stick: it's been purified with cream and water or with a liquid lubricant for rods, cleaned up every few weeks and protected from any blow, as a minimum abolishment is sufficient to stop glide. The bell, tuning pump and nozzle are cared for as with other metals.

If the stick feels heavy or noise, it's barely a lack of lubricant: it's usually accumulated mog, two mixed products or a small blow.

To sum up

Loan only the lower part of the inner tubes with little cream and a water dew or with a liquid lubricant for rods.
Use a single lubrication system and if you change products, completely clear the stick first.
The stick's insurance goes as long as you're not playing and especially as you arm and disarm.
Clean the inside of the stick with a stick and gauze without hitting the end curve.
A doom at his stick, however small, is his job.

Why the stick's the most delicate part

The stick are two pairs of pipes: interiors, fixed, and interiors, that slide onto them. Between them there's a minimum loot and the scuba is focused at the lower ends of the inner tubes, which are just as broad. That's why any deformation, even though it's unseen, creates a friction point.

A trombone that falls from his side, a stick that's hit his atril or a case crushed into his trunk can leave his car hard till his face gets his face tipped up by a technician.

Keep the stick secure as long as you're not playing.
Hold the outer stick up the cross, never by squeezing the pipes.
At the pauses, use a trombone support or leave it in the case. Do not put back onto a chair or recite it against the wall.

How to lubricate the stick: cream, water or spray

Two main systems have been established and they both work. The important thing is to use a single and small quantity.

Rod lubrication systems
System	How it's used	To be noted
Rod cream with water	A very thin cape at the bottom of the inner pipes and then a water dew with an atomizer.	Respray water during the test and that's the traditional system.
Liquid lubricant for rods	A few drops at the bottom of the inner pipes, spread with the stick.	Cleaner and faster, some come in two steps that are applied in order.

Hold the trombone through the interscast of the inner stick, remove the secure and remove the outer stick by slipping it slowly.
Clean with a cloth the inner pipes to remove the old lubricant.
Apply a small amount of cream only at the bottom of each inner tube.
Reput the outer stick and move it throughout its length to distribute the cream.
He scattering water onto his inner pipes and moves his stick again: his body should feel light.

If the stick gets slow during the test, a water dew will usually be enough and no more cream is necessary. Excess cream is a common mistake: it accumulates, catches powder and makes the stick heavier. Never use aselin, homemade oils, piston oil and lubricants in aerosol and never mix cream with liquid lubricant: together they form a paste that stops the stick.

Clean the stick inside

Each three or four weeks, if you play every day, the outer stick needs an internal cleaning with a long cleansing stick, made for thrombon, and a tipple of gauze or thin fabric.

Separates the outer stick from the rest of the thrombon.
Wrap the spiral gauze onto the stick, completely covering the tip so that the metal doesn't touch the tube.
Enter the rod through a tube with soft movements, holding the stick through the cross and stop before the end curve: if you hit it, you suppress it.
Repeat into the other tube and change your gauze if it gets bad.
A clear cloth goes through the inner pipes, and a gun again and lights it up.

The stick can also be washed with soft soap and a flexible brush with tipstick and with care at the curve. Seal well before lubricate.

The bell and tuning pump

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Water nozzle and key

The nozzle

Wash once a week with warm water, soft soap and a nozzle brush. Keep it in its compartment and do not drop it: the espiga deforms and then doesn't suit into the tube. If attached, the technical with clamps mark the nozzle and you can damage the inlet tube.

The water key

It's at the curve of the outside stick. To empty it, extend a little while, press the key and blow without vibrating his lips. Do so every time you listen to a mop, and at the end only.

The key closes with a small cork or rubber stopper that with time will be spent. If you let air escape, the trombone sounds opaque and the serious costs more. Check that close well and have the spring have strength and change that cork is a simple repair.

To arm and to disarm without accidents

Take the stick out of the case by holding it through the interns and check that the insurance's put.
Take the bell through the cross or the firmer tube, never by the border.
Unite the two parts at an angle, more or less as a squadron or as you feel comfortable, and tighten the nut by hand, without forcing.
Put the nozzle with a smooth turn.
To put them back together, follow the inverse order and put the stick with the secure put.

The most typical accident happens as we put together: the insurance is loose, the outside stick slips, falls to the ground and pits the curve. That's why the insurance is checked before moving anywhere.

Transportation: bus, car and gangs

On a bus or TransMiente, carry the vertical box, glued to you, and don't let anyone lie down or sit on top.
In the car, the case goes above everything, never under bags or market.
Don't leave him in the trunk in the sun: the heat softens the cream and fat.
A rigid case better protects the stick than a soft lining. If you wear a lining, have padded firmly in the area of the stick.
Check each and every brush and hinges: A case that opens up in the air is the fastest way to suppress a trombone.

At parades and high school gangs, the trombone passes hours into the sun and travels in full buses. If that's your case, read how to start with a band of winds and with a water and a cloth and an atomizer with an atomizer.

Fills that damage the stick

Put cream throughout the length of inner pipes.
Mix cream and liquid lubricant, or change product without cleaning earlier.
To try and straighten out a dent at home.
Beat the curve of the stick with the cleansing stick.
Keep the nozzle put inside the box.

In [thrombon class]](/clases/trombon)If you have no instrument, guide to choose your first trombone He's telling you what to check his stick before his purchase.

Frequently asked questions

What's been put on his trombone stick?

Rod cream with a water dew or a liquid lubricant made for rods. Never piston oil, vaseline and homemade oils, and never two mixed systems.

Why's my trombone's stick bad?

The most common causes are motif inside the stick, excess cream, mixture of lubricants or a dent. Clean it inside and outside, light it with a single product and, if it's still hard at a point, get it to the technician.

How often does the trombone get cleaned inside?

With daily practice, the stick every three or four weeks and the complete instrument every one or two months. with less use, you can space it.

Can you fix a drenched stick?

Almost always have, but a technician should do with the right tools and trying to put her right at home usually makes the damage worse.