How to free a stuck tuning slide ?

[Phil Claydon]

Hi All

Does anybody have any tips on how to free a stuck tuning slide? I am trying to get an old cornet working for a living again and everything is nice and loose except the tuning slide, one tube of which has seized solid.

Thanks in advance

Phil

 

[Naomi McFadyen]

this topic has already been covered...
http://www.themouthpiece.com/viewtopic.php?t=2541

so, this should help

:wink:

 

[Lauradoll]

Hammer??????

Blowtorch????

 

[Phil Claydon]

Sorted!

If anybody is interested, I managed to free my problem slide quite easily by alternately heating the tube with boiling water and cooling to -10C with a 'freezer' spray used by Electronic Repair Technicians. After a couple of goes the slide shifted with no hassle at all;-)

Regards

Phil

 

[Di]

Re: Sorted!

If anybody is interested, I managed to free my problem slide quite easily by alternately heating the tube with boiling water and cooling to -10C with a 'freezer' spray used by Electronic Repair Technicians. After a couple of goes the slide shifted with no hassle at all;-)

Regards

Phil

Sounds like a handy bit of kit. May your cornet provide you with many happy hours playing in return for fixing it. :wink:

 

[ju33les]

:shock:
Tuning slides move?????

 

[lilcornetgirl]

Whatever you do dont try and put the bell in the middle of your knees and pull it dosn't help my dad tried it and it went awfully wrong lets just say it had one straight bell afterwards. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Bye

 

[jambo]

yup, that freezer gaz stuff works but its its fiver a pop for a canister, just tap it with a euph mouthpiece then send it to the repair man if that doesnt work.

 

[Dave Euph]

Yeah, I've found that once a slide is stuck, it's stuck, fortunately most of my most important slides haven't stuck yet (although the tuning slide IS dodgy). Also, fortunately, when I borrowed a baritone off my band, despite it's not-brilliant condition all the slides just about moved still.