On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Joel Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
Thank you, Joel. Oil through the slides every day? Wow, that sounds like a lot to me. I practice/play about 40 minutes a day on average, and I think I oil my valves once a week, perhaps even less often than that. -S- _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
