How do you get your mouthpiece unstuck form a trumpet?

Answer 1

This is really simple! First put an ice pack or a napkin of ice on the place where the mouthpiece and receiver connect. Leave it there for a little while. After 5-10 minutes start turning the mouthpiece counter clockwise and it should come out very easily. If this still does not work use a lighter and very carefully hold it under the receiver. Then twist and that should do it. make sure not to melt your receiver and to wash it afterward. If it still does not work your mouthpiece has been severely jammed and you will have to take to repair shop to get fixed or use a pulling machine. Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

This problem has plagued many brass players over the years. So much so that someone, somewhere invented a clever little tool that fits nicely around the mouthpiece shaft and expands when some thumbscrews are turned on it, causing the mouthpiece to pull away from the rest of the horn. It's tough to explain without visual aid, but I'm sure a local music store would know what you needed.

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It's raining and i didnt feel like bringing my Trumpet to a shop so i set about finding an in house solution. my mouthpiece has been stuck for about 3 months and no amount of force seemed to move it. after searching the net and finding no answeres i set about walking around my kitchen trying to pull it out using various positions(namely the recently suggested stick it under your arm and use the same arm to pull it out away from your body), then i saw a kettle, a plan imediatly formed in my head: heat the receiving part of the trumpet using steam and hopefully it would expand more than the mouthpiece(considering they seem to be made of different mettals, this is plausable). this did not work. so i tried the other extreme. while the trumpet was still warm from the steam i rubbed an ice cube around the mouthpiece, right where it meets the trumpet pipe. the ice cube quickly melted so that it fit perfectly with the mouthpiece. i rotated the ice cube around the mouthpiece for maybe 10 or 20 seconds until it was half melted then stood on the bell of the trumpet and pulled the mouth piece straight up. pop. my mouth piece is free! be carefull when standing on the trumpet that you don't bend the bell. if you stand on the edge of the bell this might happen, so get your feet right on top of as much of the bell as you can. i was wearing trainers while doing this. any sort of flat soled shoes should do.

I'm not sure if the heating and cooling was what made the difference, or if it was just brute force, but its worth a try. good luck! and shame on whoever invented this so called 'mouthice roomoval tool'...

Answer 3

There are special lubricants but if you cant find any try vaseline (just a little). Make sure that nothing in the mechanism is bent - no matter how well lubricated a bent rod or dented valve tube will still stick.

Answer 4

It depends on how it got clogged...

If something falls in the bell and gets stuck, I would try blowing as hard as you can to try to dislodge the object.

If something went in the leadpipe, I would try using a trumpet snake to gently push it out from the opposite way it went in.

If the object becomes stuck in any other way (is caught in a bend in the tubing, is in a valve/valve casing, etc.), or if the above methods don't work, I would take it to a repair shop. I would highly advise that you do not ever try to force something through any piece of tubing in your trumpet.

Answer 5

You've got a serious problem! Take it in to a music store nearby and have them look at it. Can you really not pull it out? Make sure when you're trying to, be careful!

I am an amazing trumpet player filled with knowledge, so if you have any more questions, feel free to ask :)

*SP*

Answer 6

Wrap masking tape on the trumpet and the mouthpiece were the mouthpiece goes in to the trumpet and twist opposite ways with 2 pliers it is a crude way but it works other wise take it in to a music shop and get them to do it

Using pliers is really not a good way to try to remove a stuck mouthpiece. If you put any pressure on the brace, you can break it or cause it to come loose. The best way is to use a mouthpiece puller. Most music stores will have a puller in stock, and some will even pull the mouthpiece for free.

Answer 7

you can get it unstuck with one of three ways, depending on how stuck it is.

1. try to get it out with just your hands, hold onto the mouthpiece with one hand and the three valves with the other, and twist each hand in opposite directions.if that doesnt worj then you will probably have to move to option 2

option 2 is get a mouth piece remover, if you are in school, your band director should have one that he can use on your mouthpiece for you. if you cant get it out with this device, then you will have to move to option three

3 is send it into your local Instrument Repair shop my local repair shop, Quinlen and Fabish removes mouthpieces for about 30$

Note: NEVER TAKE A PAIR OF PLIERS OR ANY OTHER GRIPING DEVICE BESIDES THE MOUTHPIECE REMOVER TO THE TRUMPET

Answer 8

twist and pull. if that doesnt work you are going to hage to buy a mouthpiece detacher. these are around $60

Answer 9

Twist the mouthpiece counterclockwise and pull back gently.