How I Clean My Trumpet (And so can you!)

I clean my trumpet. So should you. Just take care of your things. or your parent's things. I don't care where your trumpet came from. Just clean it. Today's episode it how to clean your trumpet. This will show you...........how to clean your trumpet. I show you just how to clean a trumpet by.................cleaning a trumpet. So clean your trumpet. Just do it. Do it. Do.It. doit.

[@jonathanbjerken4417]

Very cool

[@goplayatrumpet]

thanks :)

[@jp554731]

Hi, where did you get the tiny mouthpiece brush that goes into the cup of the mouthpiece?

[@goplayatrumpet]

Hi! I saw brushes on amazon that i think would work. try straw brush. they're used to clean drinking straws.

[@markwhite3958]

Not that it matters but you started by taking apart a Benje and then reassembled what may have been a bach? But never the less, great video- thanks!!!

[@goplayatrumpet]

You didn't know they were interchangeable?

[@robinbalean958]

This is similar to what I do, except that I noticed that you fully submerged everything. Don't you need to be careful about submerging the felts on the valve tops? Also, where I live the water is fairly hard (i.e. quite a bit of dissolved calcium and magnesium). Do I need to worry about getting a scale build up in the trumpet if I put it in the bath? I've often thought it may be a good idea to use distilled water, but it would take a lot to fill the bath, or even the plastic tub I use.

[@goplayatrumpet]

I don't worry about the felts getting wet. You could totally take them off if you wanted to and I'll dry them with a towel sometimes, but I've never had anything bad happen because of wet felts, unless they flatten a little bit because of it. If they do I just replace them. We have really hard water too, but deposits normally happen with daily water use; like the sink faucet. I've never had a calcium deposit on my trumpet and I wouldn't worry about a once a month bath causing it. Hope that helps 😊

[@goplayatrumpet]

More importantly, the type of person who is going to over-analyze cleaning his trumpet is going to over-analyze his trumpet performance. I've been guilty of this type of thing. I'll address this in my live stream tonight.

[@robinbalean958]

Thanks for the reply. And yes, I'm definitely prone to over-analysis!

[@mike-mb3zd]

can the trumpet rust?

[@goplayatrumpet]

No