I don’t mind because I know the consequences.. My friend didn’t clean his trumpet at all.. He got a very severe staph infection in throughout his back. There was fluid in his back and he couldn’t breathe..
Everytime I clean a French horn I feel like I haven't done it right cause it's not clean enough. This definitely helps so I'm sure I'll get it this time! I just hope I don't procrastinate much longer :/ *Thanks for video!!*
I know I'm a little late on this, but yes. They won't come dislodged or anything if they've been put on right because they're screwed in pretty tightly.
+Branden Kohnle the actual valves? Or the slides? If the rotation will not move, take it to an instrument repair!! Don't force it. If it's a slide try wiggling
As I've said in a previous comment, I just recently switched to Horn (I'm now officially second chair hurrah) and I was curious as to how long it's been since my horn has been cleaned. I asked all the horn players before me and they asked all the horn players before them. Turns out my horn hasn't been washed for 7 YEARS. I instantly bought a snake, rotor oil and slide grease and ran to my bathroom.
Because of the COVID-19 school is canceled for 3 weeks. Some of our online homework is to take video of us cleaning our instruments. This was very helpful.
I see your valves are worked by linkages, but mine have strings. Do I have to worry about the strings getting wet? Would I have to replace them, if they did? It's generally safe to soak brass instruments with a bit of washing soda (sodium carbonate) in the water, so you might want to do that for your slides since the snake can't go all the way through. Some people add citric or acetic acid (spirit vinegar) too. It reacts with the washing soda, but any verdigris gets involved in the reaction, so that helps remove it. I've used kitchen roll soaked in vinegar wrapped around a slide for a few hours to get rid of stubborn verdigris (the green stuff). I also use twisted up kitchen roll / paper (only the better quality stuff that doesn't break up into fibres so easily), to clean inside slides. It removes gunk that the snake leaves behind. I use it inside my piston valves, on trumpets and cornets etc, instead of using a brush. I like the painted bell :)
TooSlowTube If you have strings on your horn you might want to replace them after washing. If you need to buy rotor string here is a link Yamaha YAC 080000 Rotor Valve String www.amazon.com/dp/B002J99IEY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_eNUJCb5PMNRBQ if you need to know how here is an article on how to properly string it houghtonhorns.com/how-do-i-change-the-string-on-my-french-horn/
Who knows what you will find in there once you'll finally clean it... Maybe will there be an entire ecosystem which would have been developing itself inside the slides ?! Just imagine that a second XD
Have you ever sent your horns out to be cleaned/serviced? Do you know if an ultrasonic cleaning would be better than an acid/chemical bath? P.s. I love your videos and should tell you that they are incredibly inspirational. You are amazing!!
Now I'm scared to play my schools ancient horns that have been played by like 50 differnt kids for like 50 years and have never been really cleaned........😫 Edit: the schools horns are literally the crappiest instruments I've ever seen in my life. My friends has like 3 dents and it makes it sound like a literal duck. Still never giving up horn though.
Can you please make a tutorial on your bell it is super cool and wanna try myself so of you could be descriptive in the video it would be extra helpful!! Thanks your an awesome horn player
One time I accidentally put in one of the pipes wrong ... it got stuck.. I have no idea what happened to that French horn Because my school basically took it away from me when I had to go into homeschool
dont know how long its been since my horn has been clean, so im going to clean it this weekend, mostly because i have an all county band concert, and i want it to play at its best. Currently been playing for 2 years and in 1st chair for all county band,(im an 8th grader,) This video helped me alot, make more youtuebevideos on tips for french horn to help us players in need.
Thanks for the awesome video! I see you have all different kinds of oil. Could you explaining which types of oil to use and where to put the different types? I normally just put Al Cas Fast Oil in my valve slides, on the linkages, and under the valve caps. Does it matter that I use the same type of oil for everything? I hope to see more videos of this kind in the future!
+Nathan Halberstadt I will do a video to explain eventually. Everyone does the oil process differently so it's hard to cover the topic without getting feedback saying i'm completely wrong
G'day Patrick, I just found this Yamaha YHR321 on someone's rubbish, and it seems a bit worse for wear. Do you think the dent near the mouth-piece end is "the end" for this instrument? Maybe I should just "hang it on my wall", rather than spend any money on getting it fixed... or I could sell it for parts, maybe! Any thoughts or advice on it would be appreciated. :D ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RAHwgC56GyI.html
so i haven’t cleaned my french horn ever because it’s a school horn but because of corona i have to clean ALL my instruments (horn, trumpet, mellophone) thank you!! (it also wasn’t as dirty as you’d expect)
I LOVE YOUR BELL!!!! I'm in middle school so my horn is owned my the school district but we toon it in to get fixed caused I bent it after dropping it. My dad doesn't want it to get cleaned but I feel like it should
I don't play an instrument but I have often wondered why in an orchestra I often see some horns beautiful and polished and some are dull and dirty looking. Don't the musicians polish them? I can't imagine anyone wanting to play a horn that wasn't polished and beautiful.
That "gunk" is built up condensation from not cleaning the horn after playing. Believe me I know what it's like I played sax and I didnt clean it for a whole month and when i dropped the cloth down there was a whole lot if it.
it was very helpful!!! TYVM!!! however I bought an OLD horn off of EBAY....it's a good horn...but it smells horrible.....I'm thinking about using a little bleach to get rid of the smell....I mean it's on your hands after you play it it stinks so bad!!
@@FhornPatrick it stinks SOOOO bad....it's been airing outside for a week and i can still smell it everytime i open the door....not sure what to do.....it has decreased in smell...but i can still smell it
I borrow my school's f horn and the valves come up very slow and putting rotor oil on it doesn't help either. Is there a way to make the valves come unstuck/ not sticky? I was wondering if cleaning it would help?
Patrick, how do I play Offbeats well? I currently sit behind the Tubas which have the Down Beats, and it makes it kinda difficult to NOT play with them.
When I played I would make a soft sort of "click" in my throat on the down beat and then play on the upbeat if there was a down beat I couldn't help but gravitate to. Almost like beat boxing although that might be a terrible analogy. Eventually as you get in the rhythm you don't even need to do it. Also it helps to time your play with when the heel of your foot is at its greatest height (if you are tapping your foot along). The feeling of your foot hitting the ground on the downbeat also helps you from playing along with it.
You don’t have to. Just make sure to wipe them when you’re done. It’s best if they’re not left wet. I’ve heard some people blow dry them as well. I’ve never needed to do that though. I would never recommend removing the string if you’ve never done it.
How often do should you do this I've never done this we bought mine probably a year ago but when ever I spin it now I hear something inside so I figured I should clean it out but how often should you clean it out like this?
A couple of my slides on my horn I rent from the school were stuck when I got it, and they're impossible to get out. How could I get them out to grease them?
