There have been a few mentions on the forum of removing/dismantling trigger mechanisms on the euphonium. Not being blessed with mechanical skills, I need to feel more secure in doing so before actually doing it. From what I've read, it's fairly simple but I'd like a review of the steps. A few questions:
1. Is it just the attachment to the tuning slide that I detach? I want to be able to clean the slide and inside the legs.
2. Is removing the tuning slide all I need to do in order to give my horn a cleaning bath (of course including all other slides and valves)?
3. If someday I want to revert to a non triggered tuning slide, do I remove the entire mechanism or just dismantle the linkage? I do have a spare standard tuning slide for my horn if I choose go that route. I'd love to find a video of the trigger mechanism being dismantled, cleaned, lubed and reattached, but it doesn't seem one exists. Anyone interested in making one? Thanks for any help you can give.
1. Is it just the attachment to the tuning slide that I detach? I want to be able to clean the slide and inside the legs.
2. Is removing the tuning slide all I need to do in order to give my horn a cleaning bath (of course including all other slides and valves)?
3. If someday I want to revert to a non triggered tuning slide, do I remove the entire mechanism or just dismantle the linkage? I do have a spare standard tuning slide for my horn if I choose go that route. I'd love to find a video of the trigger mechanism being dismantled, cleaned, lubed and reattached, but it doesn't seem one exists. Anyone interested in making one? Thanks for any help you can give.
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