These video lessons will help you get started and can also be used as review. You can even watch them more than once. :) Each link takes you to a slideshow of videos. After you load the slideshow, click the slides for your instrument on the left side then watch the videos.
Brass Players, do you need a review on oiling your valves? Click here
Do you want to learn more about different instruments? Check out these great videos from Be Part of the Music. Once on the site, click on "Videos" in the upper righthand corner.
Flute - This video will show you the proper way to regularly clean your flute. You can also disinfect your lip plate using a cotton swab saturated with denatured, isopropyl alcohol. Carefully clean around the embouchure hole. Alcohol wipes can also be used on the flute's lip plate to kill germs.
Clarinet - This video shows you what to do every time you put your clarinet away.
Clarinet and Saxophone Mouthpiece Cleaning - This process will help you clean and disinfect your mouthpiece. This should be done about once a week.
Saxophone - This video shows you what to do every time you put your saxophone away.
Trumpet - Ready to give your trumpet a bath? Watch this video.
French Horn - This will show you how to grease your slides, oil your valves, and take care of your French Horn.
Trombone - Time to give you trombone a bath? Watch this video.
Baritone and Tuba - Use the trumpet video as reference. The main difference is that the valve springs sit underneath the valves. They just drop in there, so be careful not to lose them. You can simply set them aside while cleaning your instrument.
Percussion - There aren't many videos available on cleaning percussion equipment. Simply wipe off your sticks and mallets. You can use a Clorox wipe to disinfect them. Use a soft cloth to wipe off your bell set and stand.
You can also use these checklists to help you through the instrument cleaning process.