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Now we're seeing a greater variance in valve cap material (even wood!) and Ultimate Brass' development of Resonance-Enhanced mouthpieces. Starting maybe with instrument techs taking off those 2 bell braces on Bach f attachments, the heavier mouthpiece trend (and back to the lighter mouthpiece trend we can see now), heavier bells in the 90s (that also has come back to bells trending lighter), edge bracing in the 2000s, then Edwards' harmonic brace. I don't remember your other questions now so I will reply to your comment separately.It seems to me that the aspect of the instrument that has been toiled over and had the most R&D put into by manufacturers is the overall response or resonance of an instrument. It is not a huge job to a Technician, but you should by no means try it by yourself, obviously. I can't comment on the pricing - but I have replaced leadpipes on Trumpets before. if you live in Los Angeles it will be probably be more expensive than if you live in Jonesboro. The cost of a replacement will vary depending on where you live, e.g.
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When Zinc is leached out of the alloy, a copper lattice is left behind, sort of like a spider web of Copper - this is not structurally sound (or air/water tight now that I think of it) and over time the affected tubing will either collapse or crack. Scientifically, red rot is the De-zincification of Brass, Brass being Copper with a little bit of Zinc in it (yes there are other things in Brass, I'm simplifying here). If you put this instrument in a plastic container with another Trumpet, the other Trumpet wouldn't suddenly start popping up red spots just because it is next to this one. However, your understanding of red rot seems to have some holes in it (I apologize for the pun!) Red rot does "spread" in that the affected areas grow larger - but, the red rot doesn't spread in the same way a virus or a cancer spreads. Yes, from this pic, this appears to be red rot. Hello, Brass instrument repair Technician here. and a forewarning - you will probably need to grease your main tuning slide more often - when you wipe the leadpipe it will take some of the grease out every time (unless you have a reversed leadpipe like my C Trumpet does.) When I bought mine like 6 years ago they were only like $10.
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This wipes out any gunk that may have ended up in there and removes most of the water. When you're done playing, take your Main tuning slide out and run your Flute Pad Saver (with its haircut!) Through the leadpipe. Cut off enough of the length of the bristles so that it still wipes the inside of your leadpipe but doesnt get stuck - never force it through, it should go easily! My professor in college taught us about this and I use one on my main Trumpet after every time I play it. As it is, it will not fit in your leadpipe so you need to modify it! Give it a haircut. The after lunch thing can be solved! If you go to your music store, you can buy a thing called a Flute Pad Saver.
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He has Videos and PDF Handouts for most instruments, the PDF handout under Trumpet has great advice to keeping your horn in the best shape. A friend of mine spent time during the Covid Shutdown to add an Instrument Care section to his website.