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Title: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: Greg Massey on January 29, 2022, 04:37:58 PM
How do y'all take care of your trumpets ? Do you clean the mouth piece with pipe cleaners and do you use any kind of polish for the outside of them?
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: gergg on January 29, 2022, 05:02:52 PM
I just dip my MP into some alcohol(without lipstop) a few times during the season. Never really worry about the barrel, but could certainly wax it once in a while. I do keep my wood calls in a humidity controlled room, but only because I have it set up already to store guitar/violin wood.
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: paboxcall on January 29, 2022, 05:12:59 PM
Pipe cleaner with isopropyl alcohol through the mouth piece few times per season and end of season.
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: outdoors on January 29, 2022, 05:28:45 PM
I don't let anyone but me suck on my mouth peice. Just hang it up  ......  when I'm done
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: crow on January 29, 2022, 05:59:57 PM
Renaissance wax on outside

even before covid, a new to me trumpet or one somebody used, I spray alcohol thru it
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: Gobbler428 on January 29, 2022, 07:34:07 PM
Alcohol through the mouth piece with a pipe cleaner, not the lip stop and Renaissance wax on the barrel.
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: davisd9 on January 29, 2022, 08:14:19 PM
Who do y'all buy trumpets from to need to run alcohol through them? Lol.

I just wax them with Renaissance Wax on them here and there.
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: wchadw on January 29, 2022, 08:38:42 PM
Quote from: Gobbler428 on January 29, 2022, 07:34:07 PM
Alcohol through the mouth piece with a pipe cleaner, not the lip stop and Renaissance wax on the barrel.
I do this


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Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: Gobbler428 on January 29, 2022, 09:22:49 PM
 Well,davisd9, you never know where that mouth piece might have been before you got it, no matter who you got it from. LOL
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: davisd9 on January 29, 2022, 09:32:36 PM
Quote from: Gobbler428 on January 29, 2022, 09:22:49 PM
Well,davisd9, you never know where that mouth piece might have been before you got it, no matter who you got it from. LOL

I only buy from who I trust so I have no concerns. Even so, it has been in a package for at least 3 days so most germs will be dead by the time it gets to me. If not, well I have yet to catch Covid and I work in school settings.
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: crow on January 29, 2022, 09:39:51 PM
Quote from: Gobbler428 on January 29, 2022, 09:22:49 PM
Well,davisd9, you never know where that mouth piece might have been before you got it, no matter who you got it from. LOL


This is true,
It's appalling what some people will do to a trumpet trying to get rasp out of it
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: paboxcall on January 29, 2022, 09:43:40 PM
Quote from: crow on January 29, 2022, 09:39:51 PM
Quote from: Gobbler428 on January 29, 2022, 09:22:49 PM
Well,davisd9, you never know where that mouth piece might have been before you got it, no matter who you got it from. LOL


This is true,
It's appalling what some people will do to a trumpet trying to get rasp out of it

Thanks for that picture Crow.

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Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: davisd9 on January 29, 2022, 09:55:06 PM
Quote from: crow on January 29, 2022, 09:39:51 PM
Quote from: Gobbler428 on January 29, 2022, 09:22:49 PM
Well,davisd9, you never know where that mouth piece might have been before you got it, no matter who you got it from. LOL


This is true,
It's appalling what some people will do to a trumpet trying to get rasp out of it

Guess I do not know what you are talking about as I do not deal with those types of people.
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: crow on January 29, 2022, 10:04:48 PM
Quote from: davisd9 on January 29, 2022, 09:55:06 PM
Quote from: crow on January 29, 2022, 09:39:51 PM
Quote from: Gobbler428 on January 29, 2022, 09:22:49 PM
Well,davisd9, you never know where that mouth piece might have been before you got it, no matter who you got it from. LOL


This is true,
It's appalling what some people will do to a trumpet trying to get rasp out of it

Guess I do not know what you are talking about as I do not deal with those types of people.


:TooFunny:, Haven't you ever watched any of those hidden video camera shows, you would never eat in a restaurant again
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: crow on January 29, 2022, 10:06:59 PM
In all seriousness there was a thread or a post on a thread a couple years ago about mold with some kind of mold hairs inside of a trumpet
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: Greg Massey on January 29, 2022, 10:14:38 PM
It never hurts to wipe. I guess some people never do..  Agree it's your decision on how you want to take care of your trumpets. If you feel no need to clean it after season again that's your decision. I just think it's a good idea to clean them after season or after using ever so often, it kind of like brushing you teeth only after turkey season. I just like brushing my teeth everyday.. LOL..
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: Greg Massey on January 29, 2022, 10:15:32 PM
Quote from: crow on January 29, 2022, 10:06:59 PM
In all seriousness there was a thread or a post on a thread a couple years ago about mold with some kind of mold hairs inside of a trumpet
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Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: davisd9 on January 30, 2022, 09:10:18 AM
Quote from: crow on January 29, 2022, 10:06:59 PM
In all seriousness there was a thread or a post on a thread a couple years ago about mold with some kind of mold hairs inside of a trumpet

Well it is what it is and there is a lot of factors that could cause that rather than normal use. I am not worried about it and I am definitely not running alcohol through natural materials like ivory and Buffalo horn.
Title: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: troutfisher13111 on January 30, 2022, 09:14:56 AM
I wonder if the mold that people have had form is from running them hard then standing them up when you put them away? Too little air flow when they're standing?
Title: Re: Trumpets Caring for them
Post by: misfire on February 01, 2022, 03:17:58 PM
I dont do a thing to my call, it is finished inside and out and I am the only one using them.