r/ConcertBand • u/BaritoneBrantley • Sep 06 '26
I need help! (Baritone Valve)
So, I was trying to take out my valve to oil them and when I took my 3rd valve out, this was what I saw! I don't know how it happened, I haven't played it in a couple weeks! What should I do?
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u/SCCAFVee Sep 06 '26
Go ahead and replace the other two valve guides while you’re at it, or guess what’s going to happen…
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u/CTBrassTech Sep 07 '26
Not necessarily.
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u/SCCAFVee Sep 11 '26
No, but from my 30 years as a band director I know that I have to take that horn apart and fix it myself or God forbid, send it to the repair shop. By the time one of those plastic guides is old enough to shatter the others are at the very least likely worn enough for the piston to start turning in the bore. So while I’m in there, and for no more expense and time that it takes, I am replacing those other guides! Now I don’t have to worry about it for years.
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u/CTBrassTech Sep 17 '26
It’s not old… chances are they were just oiling it and then let it contact the casing and bend up a hair. Poor quality valve guide…
Why do you say - god forbid the repair shop? Instruments need regular maintenance or they depreciate much more quickly as a school asset, let alone function… If it’s a privately owned instrument, they need maintenance to function at their best. Repair shops are not the enemy.
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u/Maldinacho Sep 06 '26
You need a new valve guide. No biggie. Visit a music repair store or talk with you band director
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u/b_moz Sep 07 '26
Bring it to the repair shop. They can sell you the part or order it if it isn’t in stock.
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u/Cautious_Monitor1148 Sep 06 '26
It looks like your valve guide is broken. You’ll need to get a new one or send it in for repair