[Trombone-l] Speaking of lubricants

[Howard Weiner]

At 08:54 03.06.2008 -0400, Carole Nowicke wrote:

>Not SOM, but earlier.  Someone asked me what might have been used on
>slides in the early 19th century--or even earlier--what about sackbut
>lube?

Funny you should mention...

I recently noticed in an early 19th-century source the recommendation 
to use olive oil from the Provence for lubricating trombone slides. 
I'm in the process of writing a little article about the source, 
which will probably appear in the Historic Brass Society Journal.

Howard


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