Posted by Joe S. on July 17, 2000 at 19:43:03:
In Reply to: What protects shiny brass?(carwax maybe) posted by Kevin Eckelkamp on July 16, 2000 at 23:49:11:
The principal trombonist in the Symphony here had me "un-lacquer" his bell.
Afterward, he coated it religiously with car wax...
...I would say that other unlacquered instruments don't tarnish much faster than his wax-coated one did.
Summary: "Wax don't do nothin'."
I haven't seen Bach, Schilke, Yamaha, Holton, nor Gemeinhardt, Selmer, King, etc. use wax as a finish for their instruments. Maybe because "Wax don't...[etc.]"