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Old 01-22-2014, 06:51 AM   #46
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I'm afraid to click..... (no offence but really ....Sheldon posting a video about lubricating sticky valves and sliders.... )

But in reality, we've (read beest, professional engineer) tried a few things (hairdryer etc) and have a few more drastic ones on the list, but we thought seeing as there was an expert on board.....


(isn't youtube a marvelous resource, though? beest and hector used it last month to change the clutch on the washing machine and it's like new now!)
Hector, you man now.
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Old 01-22-2014, 07:16 AM   #47
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*snort* poor lamb still 5foot 80lb but now a headliner for the Varsity Hockey team ("Freshman Goaltender saves the day....") It's a bewildering age....
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Old 01-23-2014, 10:27 AM   #48
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HURRAH!
After seveal hot, dish-soapy baths and a little brute force, all slides and valves are free!

Thanks, Ali, Limey et al.

(It's clear this was not properly clean when we inherited it :::eeewwww:::: but it darn well will be when we return it. Watch them decide to scrap it! )
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Old 01-23-2014, 10:49 AM   #49
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Congratulations on beating the odds.
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Old 01-23-2014, 11:08 AM   #50
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Sweet!
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Old 01-23-2014, 11:20 AM   #51
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Well done! (that reminds me, I was meant to bath my tuba today ...)
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Old 01-23-2014, 11:48 AM   #52
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Well done! (that reminds me, I was meant to bath my tuba today ...)
Do you ever take a bubble bath with your tuba?
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Old 01-23-2014, 11:50 AM   #53
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Do you ever take a bubble bath with your tuba?
In your dreams, Sarge!

Sent by thought transference
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Old 01-23-2014, 12:12 PM   #54
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Congratulations on beating the odds.
yet to put the fucker back together......

Now we've lost the trumpet snake.

but at least we have the snake oil.
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Old 01-23-2014, 12:15 PM   #55
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The trumpet snake? Is that what you kids are calling it these days?
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Old 01-23-2014, 12:31 PM   #56
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After seveal hot, dish-soapy baths and a little brute force, all slides and valves are free!
Excellent!

A little TLC will keep it going for a few more years. It's probably better now (or at least once you reassemble it) than it has been in a year or two.
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Old 01-23-2014, 04:20 PM   #57
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Just remember, when you put it all back together, there shouldn't be any pieces left over...
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Old 01-24-2014, 07:44 AM   #58
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I can tell you now that a tuba full of water weighs a LOT.


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Old 01-24-2014, 12:17 PM   #59
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... Into which we don't pass solids.
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Old 01-24-2014, 01:59 PM   #60
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I can tell you now that a tuba full of water weighs a LOT.


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now you tell me.......


we are now the proud owners of a baritone snake. Notes have been played, the first practice is just starting...... can you hear it?
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