Ack, I didn't mean that it simply didn't exist at all!
What I meant was, that if it was a "problem", (i.e. in destroying peoples' brand new horns), it might be more known. But it seems like it is, so fair enough! Sorry for any confusion, Chris --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 3/30/04 1:00:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > In all seriousness, I bet most of us never heard of "factory dust" or > > lapping > > compound in new horns until the recent hornlist posts. If it were really a > > problem, wouldn't it have been brought to the general horn-public's > attention > > much earlier? > > > > > > Chris > > > > Hi Chris, > The factories had to change over their cleaning methods only fairly > recently and they are still working the bugs out. > It's interesting to me that people are so skeptical about this subject. > It's pretty simple. There's buffing compound in there! I don't think, as > far > as I know, that I have any reason to lie to you about that. > I do unfortunately see people who bring their new horns in after a year > or more. They've taken care of them. They've cleaned them and oiled them > but > their valves are already loose, noisy and valve compression is significantly > reduced. Tuning slides have become too loose and move by themselves. All > easily preventable, but who would ever think there should be such a problem > with a > brand new horn? To me it seems hard to argue with the idea that abrasives in > > your valves might not be a very good thing, but that's horn players for you! > > 5 horn players, 6 different opinions. > > - Steve Mumford > > > - Steve Mumford > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/tedesccj%40yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
