[Trombone-l] Speaking of lubricants

[Fred Hudson]

When I bought my first trombone in 1946 - a used "American Standard" by H.N. 
White there was a brand new bottle of Frank Holton's #1 "Electric" oil in 
the case which was what "everybody" used until I got to high school and was 
introduced to Ponds. When I bought my King 2B in 1950 it came with a bottle 
of King "Sure-Slick" which was some kind of emulsion that smelled like Ivory 
Soap but which was pretty good slide lube. I switched back to Ponds when it 
ran out which I have used ever since on that horn and the slide is still in 
great shape, but I use SuperSlick and Hetman's Hydroslide on my Shires 
because it smells better.

A couple of years ago in a fit of nostalgia I picked up an old American 
Standard on ebay and when I opened the case --TA-DA-- a 1/8 full bottle of 
Holtons #1 Electric Oil which according to "Horn Collector" is worth about 
ten bucks. The original price printed on the label is $0.25 with the 
standard pipe cleaner applicator or $0.35 for the "deluxe' model with a 
dropper cap.

Yep Wayne -- Ya Gotta Love It

Fred H

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Dyess" <texastbone at gt.rr.com>
To: "Carole Nowicke" <cnowicke at indiana.edu>
Cc: "Trombone-L List" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Speaking of lubricants


> Well... all I can say is...
>
> Gotta love it!!!!!
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 3, 2008, at 7:42 PM, Carole Nowicke wrote:
>
> Yeah, and worth a thousand words:
>
> http://www.horncollector.com/For%20Sale/other_stuff_for_sale.htm
>
> Electric Oil, NEW Electric Oil, and Cimera oil.  How's that?
>
> Plus, Conn Polished Oil.
>
>>
>> Dang.
>
> Indeed.
>
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