🎺How to Clean a Trumpet | A Band Director's Guide to Giving Your Trumpet a Bath | Trumpet Care Tips

In this video I give you a complete step-by-step walkthrough of how to clean your trumpet. This kind of cleaning should be done every 1-3 months. I've been a middle school band teacher for over 20 years, and in this video I'm teaching my daughter how to give her new trumpet a bath. I also demonstrate how to use trumpet brushes for the mouthpiece, valve casing, valves, and how to use a trumpet snake brush, and I have recommended products linked below. I highly recommend watching this video while cleaning your instrument - pausing and playing as you go. If you're new to playing the trumpet, or if you're a young band student, this video is for you!
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0:00 Setup and Supplies
0:48 Preparing the Trumpet
3:15 Soaking the Trumpet
3:55 IMPORTANT WARNING!
4:05 Soaking the Valves
5:11 Washing the Valves
5:30 How to Use a Trumpet Snake Brush
6:02 How to Clean the Valve Casings
7:50 Cleaning the Bottom Valve Caps
8:39 How to Apply Slide Grease
10:53 How to Oil Trumpet Valves
12:42 How to Clean a Trumpet Mouthpiece

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