> > Steve,
For the most part, the repairman said to leave the caps alone. Maybe once every 1 or 2 weeks put a drop under the caps just to keep the bearing lubricated. Since the oil should be thicker, it wont evaporate or move as fast as the light oil put through the slides. He also suggested I oil through the slides everyday because it is so thin. Bill, I was using isopropyl alcohol, I just used the common name. Joel > > > message: 9 > date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:58:55 -0400 > from: Steve Freides <[email protected]> > subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: Horn Digest, Vol 75, Issue 20 > > Joel, just to clarify, this means that what you've found works for you > is to _not_ unscrew the caps on the rotor and apply oil there, but > just to pull the slides and put oil in that way? I just want to make > sure I understand what you're saying. I've also taken to oiling my > valves this way and it seems to be working better for me, too. I used > to only apply it to the tops of the rotors, and I think I may give my > current horn a bath and then just oil via the slides and see how that > works. > > -S- > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Joel Gilbert <[email protected]> > wrot= > e: > > I talked to my repairman over the weekend, and he and I talked about how > = > I > > oil my horn. =C2=A0Basically I was over oiling the bearings of the > rotors= > , and in > > doing so the oil was covering the sides of the rotors and slowing > everyth= > ing > > down. =C2=A0He suggested =C2=A0that I rise out my rotors with rubbing > alc= > ohol and then > > just reoil the sides of the rotors. After doing this, everything has > work= > ed > > significantly better. Instead of oiling the bearings everyday, now I just > > oil the bearing when either they start making noise or once a week. > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Joel Gilbert <[email protected]> > wro= > te: > > > >> Hi Mr. Weiner, > >> > >> > >> I was using hetman light rotor oil for the top, al cass for down the > >> slides, and very little stp oil treatment for the slides. =C2=A0The > roto= > rs didnt > >> slow down until I reoiled them about 5 days after I got the horn back > fr= > om > >> the repairman. =C2=A0To oil it, I usually put oil into the slides, push > = > them the > >> whole way in, and invert the horn. =C2=A0My horn has brass rotors. =C2= > =A0Any ideas as > >> to what caused it/what I should use? =C2=A0It's a fairly new horn, so > th= > e rotors > >> arent too worn yet. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Joel > >> > >>> > >>> message: 4 > >>> date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:35:35 -0400 > >>> from: Brass Arts Unlimited <[email protected]> > >>> subject: [Hornlist] Oil > >>> > >>> >> I play on a Paxman 23 and recently had it cleaned. =C2=A0I had been > = > using > >>> Hetman > >>> light rotor oil down the slides and Hetman rotor oil on the bearings. > >>> Before I had it cleaned the valves were getting kind of sticky, thus > th= > e > >>> cleaning. =C2=A0When I got it back, the repairman said to use Al Cass > d= > own the > >>> slides and a slightly thicker oil on the top. =C2=A0In proceeding with > = > this > >>> recommendation, I found that my rotors slowed down to a crawl. > =C2=A0Do= > es > >>> anyone > >>> have any different recommendations as to what to do about this? > =C2=A0T= > hey are > >>> basically no better than before I had them cleaned right now. << > >>> > >>> Joel, > >>> > >>> This could be happening for any of several reasons. =C2=A0Before > answer= > ing your > >>> question, I would want to know: > >>> - what are you using for a "thicker oil on the top"? > >>> - what are you using for slide grease? > >>> - what is your exact procedure for oiling your horn? > >>> - were the valves slow immediately after you got the horn back, or did > = > it > >>> take a while (and if so, how long)? > >>> - does this horn have titanium rotors? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Dave Weiner > >>> Brass Arts Unlimited > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Joel Gilbert > > _______________________________________________ > > post: [email protected] > > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/h= > orn/steve.freides%40gmail.com<http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/h=%0Aorn/steve.freides%40gmail.com> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > -- > > message: 12 > date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:58:19 -0700 (PDT) > from: Bill Tyler <[email protected]> > subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: Horn Digest, Vol 75, Issue 20 > > > > > > --- On Thu, 3/26/09, Joel Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I talked to my repairman over the weekend, and he and I > > talked about how I > > oil my horn. Basically I was over oiling the bearings of > > the rotors, and in > > doing so the oil was covering the sides of the rotors and > > slowing everything > > down. He suggested that I rise out my rotors with rubbing > > alcohol and then > > just reoil the sides of the rotors. After doing this, > > everything has worked > > significantly better. Instead of oiling the bearings > > everyday, now I just > > oil the bearing when either they start making noise or once > > a week. > > > Maybe something better would be 91% isopropyl alcohol, found in any drug > store. Someone told me there might be undesirable additives in some kinds of > rubbing alcohol. > > Bill > > > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
