Care and Maintenance of a Horn
Monthly care and maintenance
Wash the inside the tubes
Make up a solution of brass soap, consisting of 10-15 parts warm water (30°C-40°C) to one part brass soap.
- Apply some brass soap solution to the brush of a flexible cleaner, and then wash inside the tube.
- Once the dirt is removed, wash out the brass soap with clean water.
After removing the excess moisture with a piece of gauze, apply oil and grease.
Musical Instrument Guide : Horn Contents
Origins
Structure
How to Play
How the Instrument is Made
Choosing an Instrument
Trivia
- Famous horn works
- Concertos
- Mesmerizing fifths
- What does a very long horn sound like?
- The visual effect of "bells up"
- Mozart loved a good prank
- Is that the nature of the horn?
- An instrument by day, and a drinking mug by night
- Horn players can play the Wagner tuba, despite the name
- Why are horns included in woodwind quintets?
- What do you call someone who plays a horn?
- The reason that alto horns are used in brass bands
- What is a Vienna horn?
- Garlands do not deaden sound
- What is the Knopf model?
- New instruments have just been washed