Instrument Cleanings

Our cleanings consist of "disassemble instrument, degrease, chem clean, polish tubes, reassemble with fresh lubricants, align valves with new bumper materials, remove reachable dents, polish, play test"

Read more below to understand the process in more depth including pictures of each step.

Full Instrument Dissassembly

We disassemble the entire instrument including removing all slides and caps as well as disassembling the valves. After that we de-grease all the parts of the instrument.

Chem Clean and Tube Polishing

The dissassembled and degreased instrument is then set into mild acids which break apart any buildup inside the instrument.

We then use motorized brushes to scrub every part of the inner tubes that we can reach. Anything we cant reach with the brushes will be done by hand tools.

Removal of any reachable dents

After the chem clean and tube polishing process, we remove any dents that we are able to reach. This is all included in the chem clean at no extra charge.

Reassembly including valve alignment and more

We reassemble the instrument, replacing the felts and corks. We do a precision valve alignment and then do a final play test. Afterwards we finish the process with a full polish.

Final Polish

After we finish the precision valve alignment and play test, we do a final polish to make sure any tarnish or patina that we missed has been removed, as well as to remove any scratches we can see.