How do you oil a baritone?

Answer 1

If you have a conventionally-made baritone horn, you should be able to unscrew the tops of the valves by turning counter-clockwise. After doing that, take them out and put some oil on them, as much as you deem necessary.

Answer 2

Every 2 weeks to a month:

• Unscrew the top of each valve (if the caps on bottom of valve can be unscrewed remove them also) slide the valve out and clean with soft towel. Next clean the cylinder the valve came out of by pulling and rotating a long narrow piece of cloth through the inside (if bottom of valve did not unscrew just work the cloth into cylinder and twist.) Once everything is cleaned you apply several drops of oil on the valve and insert into valve cylinder. Slide the valve up and down in valve cylinder to spread the oil. Tighten the valve caps then apply 4 or 6 drops of oil to the small shaft that goes from the valve to the valve key (the drops of oil should run down the small shaft and spread on top of valve.) Make sure valve moves freely and add more oil to small shaft as needed.

Every time you play and when a valve stops moving freely:

• Flow 3 to 5 drops of oil down small shaft on the top of each valve. Depress valves quickly and release to distribute oil and ensure valve moves freely. Apply more oil as needed.

Use only valve oil that is available at most music stores. Valve oil is a very thin oil that allows the valves to move very easily. DO NOT USE ANOTHER TYPE OF OIL (valves will move slowly and make playing difficult.)

Answer 3

Unscrew the the top valve cap, remove the valve from the instrument pour a little valve oil on the valve and place the valve back in the baritone, (make sure you put it in correctly, normally there is a little notch to show you which way it goes in, or you will not be able to blow air through the instrument) then screw the cap back on the valve (make sure you do not cross-thread the valve), and that is how to oil a baritone or any brass instrument's valve.

Answer 4

Buy cork grease. It comes in a tube that looks like chapstick. You just put a little bit on the cork so the mouthpiece slides on easier.