One of the most important practices brass musicians can take up is cleaning their horns. For more active players especially, this can have a major impact on the quality and efficiency of your playing as well as the longevity of your equipment. Over the course of my 4 years as an instrument technician I have cleaned thousands of instruments and dived deeply into the chemistry that drives it in order to understand how and why the best cleaning methods work. In this entry I outline what a good cleaning process is and some everyday practices that can add years to the life of your instrument and save you thousands of dollars in the long term.
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