No kidding, Hot Shot, ignore these warnings and your ignorance will cost you!!!
Don't use anything other than valve oil on your valves.
We have had valves come in with cooking oil on them. Puh-lease!!!
The thicker the better, as long as they move faster than you can play.
Use grease on your slides,
not valve oil. DUH!
A used horn is like a used car. You will have to use a
heavier oil to take up the larger clearances caused by wear. Same thing
with the slides.
Don't expect a used horn to look, operate and play like a new
horn! You get what you pay for.
DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE A STUCK
MOUTHPIECE. YOU WILL DAMAGE THE
HORN. WE PULL
MOUTHPIECES AT NO CHARGE! WE CHARGE TO PUT A HORN BACK TOGETHER! OUR
ROAD WARRIORS WILL PULL YOUR
MOUTHPIECE WHEN THEY GET TO YOUR BAND ROOM!!! HAVE
I MENTIONED THAT
YOU SHOULDN'T TRY TO REMOVE A STUCK
MOUTHPIECE? ...neither thy
father who liveth within or without thy home, neither shall thy mother who
begat thee. Thy section leader, (see below), no matter how they threaten
thee with great tribulation, shall be allowed to contend with thy horn,
neither the man who worketh with radiators...
Be careful when using the snake brush on your valve ports.
Don't let the snake springy thing come in contact with the valve, especially
the edges of the ports. Use just the bristle part.
Valves are designed to fit into the horn in certain ways.
Each valve is numbered. #1 valve goes into the hole closest to you if
you hold the horn as if you were playing. Each valve has a piece that
slides up and down with the spring on top of it. That is the guide.
LOOK at it!! One end has a little tab that the other doesn't, right?
Look down into the hole the valve goes in. See the notch? Guess
what? Yeah! The tab goes into the notch. This helps train
you so that when you have children, you will have an easier time on Christmas
Eve putting their toys together!!!
If you bend your horn, do not try to straighten it out.
It will bend in the opposite direction in a different place! We don't
know why they do that, but they do, honest.
If your tuning slide gets stuck, probably
because you neglected your horn, DO NOT brace the bell against you to try to
pull the slide. It the slide does come out, it could whack the bell and
dent it, or the bell could "lose hull integrity" and bend.
It doesn't matter how big, mean, officious, or how smart they
think they are, do not let your section leaders mess with your horn. If
you are a section leader, you better think twice about messing with someone's
horn. Lawyers make a lot of money and people like to use them.
Please do not use super glue on your horn in any way, shape, form, or
fashion. To do so will cause extra time and expense with repairs and
will not be corrected under our maintenance agreement.
DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT
use any polishing cloth that puts red stuff on your hands to polish your silver trumpet. You may use a cloth that has a inner cloth that turns black when you use it. The reason? The red stuff rubs off the silver.
'nuff said?
IF IN DOUBT, DON'T!!
CALL CHARLIE AT 800-264-7228 OR EMAIL
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