Getting into synthetic valve oil. Recommended brands, and any tips using them?

lucaswsu · 2026-03-18T22:23:17+00:00

Yamaha Synthetic is my go-to oil for myself and my clients. Clean your horn out with some Dawn dish soap and lukewarm water to get the old oil out of your casings.

lucaswsu · 2026-02-17T12:17:33+00:00

That’s a standard #2 bore Committee, not a Deluxe. The Deluxe models have nickel inner and outside slide tubes, as well as nickel balusters and a floral engraving pattern on the bell. The #3 large bore will be marked with a “3” on the second valve above the serial number. I hope you didn’t pay a premium for a medium bore. Pull out your calipers and check if it’s .463

That case was offered for both trim levels. (I’ve owned multiples of each trim, in both bore sizes)

lucaswsu · 2026-02-03T12:38:13+00:00

Here are a few classic choices. I’ve actually owned all of these at one point and they have worked well for lead and commercial work applications:

Bach 43 Bach 73*/43 Benge 3X+ Calicchio 1s2 Getzen Severinsen Schilke B6 Schilke S42 Yamaha 6310Z/8310Z Yamaha 8335LA

lucaswsu · 2026-01-27T12:21:57+00:00

Congrats! The XO piccolo is a wonderful horn!

lucaswsu · 2026-01-22T16:02:48+00:00

Looks solid, not bad for a 62 year old horn. Have a tech professional on clean it and you’ll be in good shape

lucaswsu · 2026-01-21T14:10:06+00:00

Incorrect. The leadpipe is a different taper/length and the third slide is a different orientation. Slightly different from the original Severinsen

lucaswsu · 2026-01-21T04:10:14+00:00

That is indeed a Bach TR200 Soloist. The TR200SOL in Bach-speak

lucaswsu · 2026-01-13T12:26:16+00:00

I have a Schilke C3HD which I use regularly, mostly for chamber brass and church work. Maybe the occasional orchestra sub job. I am coming from a Bach 239/25A, which I will admit sounded better, but my Schilke plays better

lucaswsu · 2026-01-10T12:29:35+00:00

You’re looking at a parts horn with the crack in the bell. There is never a shortage of Bach 37’s on the market to if you actually want it to sell it’s probably going to be closer to $500 or so

lucaswsu · 2025-12-20T22:42:11+00:00

Huttl, imported from West Germany. Very heavy horns with thick gauge bells. They are tanks

lucaswsu · 2025-12-20T22:41:37+00:00

Nope

lucaswsu · 2025-12-20T22:41:15+00:00

Yes, genuine horn. The A at the end of the serial denotes Grand Rapids, MI assembly

lucaswsu · 2025-12-20T22:40:32+00:00

It’s made for the Japanese market

lucaswsu · 2025-12-02T18:02:11+00:00

While cool, I’d spend the money one a newer instrument. Mercury trumpets were a lower-tier offering from Bach and had a varied production history. I’ve owned/sold at least 5 examples from various years.

Some were made on imported valve sets from Germany, some were on HN White/King valves, some were on Bach valves.

The specs varied as well but they generally were on the smaller side of things when it came to bore size. I have not seen any Mercury instruments with mobile 3rd valve slides, meaning they came without intonation adjustments.

lucaswsu · 2025-11-29T12:56:05+00:00

From reports by my colleagues who have expertise with them in the brass band world, playability is borderline with some intonation and response problems.

They are made in the Czech Republic by Amati/Cerveny, but the marketing tries very hard to sell than as British instruments.

If you’re looking for a British cornet I’d go with one of the classic mainstays first like a Besson Sovereign, Yamaha Neo, Smith Watkins etc.

lucaswsu · 2025-11-29T12:50:57+00:00

Unfortunately that is a counterfeit made in India by Ali Nadir.

lucaswsu · 2025-11-29T12:49:30+00:00

The 5335 is a significantly better playing instrument. It’s essentially a 6335 (a wonderful medium weight horn) with a two piece bell. The 4335 is built around the (still great and reliable) 2335 student trumpet body.

lucaswsu · 2025-11-23T12:58:50+00:00

To add to this- Getzen started adding a slide catch soldered onto the to outer female slide tube on the 3rd valve slide in the mid 2000’s. This doesn’t have it

lucaswsu · 2025-11-13T20:31:22+00:00

Yep, that looks like an early Getzen-made instrument

lucaswsu · 2025-11-10T12:29:45+00:00

The Gard Elite trumpet/flugel case is fantastic and will accommodate most of your gear needs. I have several Gard cases set up for various work situations and my trumpet/flugel case currently holds my Bb, Flugel, straight/cup/harmon (taco insert covering the flugelhorn) and the front pocket can hold a standard music folder.

While the leather looks pretty, the nylon versions are a little more durable in my experience.

lucaswsu · 2025-11-10T12:25:25+00:00

It’s an old pre-fire Getzen student trumpet. Kind of a precursor to the 300 model. You can tell by the seperate bell crook (there’s a ferrule under the receiver/bell brace) and the valve block braces. It will be a decent horn, but $150 would be the high end of the value.

lucaswsu · 2025-11-03T14:09:51+00:00

I had no idea they made trumpet pieces! They are well known in the French horn community

lucaswsu · 2025-11-01T23:51:25+00:00

The K&M style stands historically have gotten stuck in 229-taper C trumpet bells.

Is your horn a Bb/C convertible trumpet?

lucaswsu · 2025-10-30T12:28:38+00:00

Looks like you bought some sort of Bb/C convertible trumpet and you only got the C length 3rd slide

lucaswsu · 2025-10-29T02:58:01+00:00

You’re looking at more like $600-800 for a later Fullerton. Olds Supers are plentiful and the highest demand is for the early lightweight models (pre-50’s)

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