Very life changing, 10/10

Never use brasso on a brass intrument! I am a band intrument repair technician, and brasso is much to abrasive for the brass in brass instuments. Also, don't use anything to clean your valves. It will create micro-scratches that will effect the bearing surface. Same goes for the insides of the casing. Most repair shops will give you a full chem-clean for not a lot of money, and definitely much less than what it would cost to refinish a horn.

This is probably a dumb question, but the polish won’t destroy a non-silver instrument, right?

Do I play a brass instrument? No. Am I gonna watch this anyways? Yes.

this should have more views imo

what kind of snake did you use because when i tried to use mine it bit me

i got a gold euph hehe

August 2024, still proving useful. Just picked up one of these second hand and was convinced I'd need a thread adapter until I watched this. Thank you!

i can only hear you on the left speaker

What model of euphonium is that? I am looking to buy a better one, what would you recommend?

as a french horn player, i refuse to disassemble the rotary valves.

the shape of my bell is different Sincerely, a percussionist

Why am I here? I play the flute😭

Yeah use a steel hammer and Brasso and some balloons. Good luck idiot…………. 😂

DONT GET UR FELTS WET PLEASE :)

French horn players must unwind their instrument before doing this cleaning process.

ironic how i also play a similiar looking tuba, and i play in a drumcorps

A 4 Valve Euphonium. Hetman makes good Tuning Slide Oil.

Would have been more helpful to show us with a camera and lens in the case.

This unironically is the best tutorial to clean an instrument I've seen.

Hey Luke, I was wondering if there was a reason behind why you kept the slides out while polishing? Was it simply because they weren’t cleaned yet or is there something regarding the polish to watch out for like how it could be harder for the polish to reach the middle of the horn area? And should I be concerned with covering the lead pipe as well as the tuning trigger? I just recently bought the same horn you have in this video and I love it! Thanks for the awesome resource!

This video helped me in high school . I went from cleaning my own horn, to cleaning the entire brass lines horns… including sousas/tubas. I made a small fortune doing that haha

Every brass instrument

I don't know why I watched this -- I'm a percussionist lmao. This was still really interesting, though. Might send it to some band friends.

anybody else get red chunks on your silver instrument after spraying haggerty?

Bro this is not a baritone it’s a euphonium get it ROGHT

Is Hagerty's only for a silver plated instrument? How about an instrument that is brass with a lacquer top coat?

Is it safe to follow all of these steps for a sousaphone?

I dont know why im here. I play tenor saxophone

Why am i watching this? I don't even have a brass instrument.

What instrument is that? I play french horn and accordion.

oh hey, a KZbin tutorial found randomly in my recommended that I have a chance of actually using. Nice.

my tuba can fit in the bath right?

*laughs in clarinet player*

Is not a horn or baritone, it is a euphonium

GOOD 👏

How much does all that cost

I played an Tenor Trombone in Jr high and high school. Our teacher told us about soaking in a bath tub. It worked great. Then I bought a step up baritone trombone and it was stolen. I am still praying and trying to find it and get it back, In really miss my large bore 'bone. Pray for me that it will be found and returned to me. Thanks...

What is the instrument uses ROTARS?

Would this also work on trombones?

🔥💪🏼

My drum corps days are where I also learned to clean a horn.

Can you just put the slides back in before using the spray polish thus eliminating the need for the balloons and also polishing the shiny outer part of the slides?

Excelent

Of course!

Those soaking periods are way over the top. I simply use my brush and some warm soapy water, then rinse throughly under the tap. It’s all done well in a couple of minutes. Hint: use a slightly heavier oil on the threads, just a drop will do. That will prevent sticking the next time you go to unscrew the caps.

as a double bassist, i will be using this soon, thank you :)

Man, that’s really neat! Glad to see your return; I was a young musician at a Texas camp you helped teach a few years back, and I remember watching your cleaning tutorial! I hope your work inspires others like it did for me. God bless you!

Good Luck!

Thank you for sharing. Just subbed from your cleaning video. I'm excited to get a new horn. Cheers!