Instrument Care and Maintenance

The videos on this page show some of the ways to care for and clean your instrument. NEVER force parts of your instrument to come off or go back on. If you have any questions, please ask Miss Campbell or take your instrument to a repair shop.

Daily Care

Once a year

Every few years your instrument should be sent to a repair shop for cleaning. At this time they will be able to fix any small issues that may have come up. Brass students can follow these videos to clean their instrument over the summer.

Trumpet; Baritone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s73r-pXgWzg

Horn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Qw8ZH_D-c

Trombone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHkjYU976Ew