Posted by ck on March 12, 2004 at 10:49:07:
In Reply to: Re: Re: All purpose CC posted by Valves on March 11, 2004 at 20:14:50:
I've only found the noisy valve problem with the old miraphones with the S-linkage. When I read/hear people complaining about noisy rotaries I have to wonder if they pay any attention to them. I have three rotary tubas and if I want to keep the valves quiet I need to lube them maybe once a month. Not nearly as much time as I had to spend on the piston horn I used to own... I just keep a bottle of Hetman Key Oil in my bag and put a little oil on all the moving points in the linkage. I don't even take the valves apart on a regular basis, only if they seem to need cleaning (which doesn't happen often at all).
I think that people tend to think that rotaries need no attention at all, and I don't think that's true. They require much less attention than pistons, but they're still mechanical parts that need lubrication and cleaning on occastion.