[Trombone-l] Speaking of lubricants

[Patrick & Lisa Bates]

I bought a King Symphony model horn that dates back to teh late 30's  off
the web a few years ago. It came with a bottle of holton electric slide oil,
pipe cleaner applicator. Bottle is about 2/3 full. Best part is the bottle
holder that's installed in the trombone case, nice piece of brass that's
kind of a spring loaded affair. Stuff actually works  too! Wouldn't compare
it to more modern lubes though. Works good on top of superslick...........

Patrick Bates


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Hudson" <fmhudson at cablelynx.com>
To: "Wayne Dyess" <texastbone at gt.rr.com>; "Carole Nowicke"
<cnowicke at indiana.edu>
Cc: "Trombone-L List" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Speaking of lubricants


> 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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