[Trombone-l] FW: <tap><tap><tap>

[Eric & Candice Swanson]

On Aug 17, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Nelween M. Gan wrote:

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> Try this:  wrap a strip of cotton rug(long enough to reach the end  
> part of the tube with your hand gripped the other end of the rug)  
> around the steel rod with soap and water, then push it gently   
> inside the outer slide. Make sure that the rod does not touch the  
> surface of the outer slide tube.
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Nelween,

I think you mean cotton rag, don't you?  I can't imagine getting a  
piece of any kind of rug into my slide.

Anyway, John, it sounds like your slide really dried out.  Lube it up  
with some Trombotine or Superslick and water, move it around for a few  
minutes, then clean it with a cleaning rod and rag as you normally  
should be doing.  Using a brush or snake isn't really going to do the  
job on your outer slides anyway.  The snake is for the slide crook and  
the inner slides, the cleaning rod is for the outer slides.

Eric Swanson