Back in the 1970s I had a getzen that had those valves for water release. The way I used to keep them clean was very simple, I would hold the horn over the sink and pour isopropyl alcohol over it while I work the key back and forth and do that for about 15 seconds and it really cleans the key out and keeps it sludge free... And then you can do the same thing, just put the oil on the side with the clip, and work the key back and forth while you put a few drops of oil on it ... works very fine

Thanks

Thanks for the Video on the Amado water key. very helpful. I enjoy your Videos.

Worked great, thanks! Valve was completely stuck. Now it moves freely. I used two safety pins for the clip. Had to agitate inside the valve casing a good bit before it started moving.

I haven’t been a big fan of Amado water keys since acquiring a Getzen G8230 baritone. They just seem finicky compared the typical water key.

They make gooseneck pliers that are made for those e clip

teacher, if you could tell me what are the measurements of the distances of the keis in the saxophones and other instruments, thanks, I have searched your videos and I can't find it.

I know you said you made other tools before... Why don't you get a pair of tweezers and grind the faces down to where they fit in those little holes and then you can just squeeze it and pull it out

So this method didn't work for me. But I was able to switch the cylinders between the 3rd slide spit valve and the tuning slide spit valve, and everything works perfectly now. Could it be that Amato didn't meet their own tolerances when they machined these parts? Or perhaps they have a slightly different spec for the 2 different valves, and they just mixed up the parts when they assembled my trumpet? By the way, that ain't water coming out of those valves . . . .

@TheBrassandWoodwindShop

2 жыл бұрын

I do not know why. They may have been switched but I do not know. In Band Instrument Repair, sometimes, you do not know why something works, but you are just happy that it does.

Or, you could just use a normal inexpensive retaining ring pliers that is intended to take these rings/clips in and out.......

I don't understand why they don't make Amado Water Keys with a "bar" attached to the back side so that if it gets stuck in performance, you can simply push it free (instead of having to grab a toothpick or small screwdriver to make it unstick). It makes no sense and if they offered these type on the market, I would spend lots of money to replace every set on every one of my trumpets.

@DNKG669

2 жыл бұрын

why don't you make that yourself and then you can get your design named after you just like how Amado water keys got named after their inventor