Sindt Oil
- brewerpaul
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- SteveK
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If it really is a very close fit as brewerpaul suggested you may not want to use anything. I gummed up a piece of equipment once in which a sleeve had to move smoothly along a rod. The sleeve seemed to be dragging so I put some fine oil on it and it just got worse. All it needed was to be kept very clean all the time with some solvent. I used alcohol.
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It's all about tolerances. Take trumpet valves. The tolerances in the valves have to "tolerate" the oil that makes the pistons move up and down. But, if dirt gets into the valves, then the valve oil will have something to gum it up, and the valves will stick. If a little oil makes your Sindt whistle move better, then use it. I have Sindts which have never had oil.
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Thanks, folks. It was just that I got cleaning, and used a bit of Dr Bronners. They are very pretty and shiny, but I got to wondering if I had removed the lube that had been there when I got the whistles. Of course, if there was never any lube to start with, then I guess I did no harm.
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John,
Modern Trumpet valves have a hatch pattern in them that actually helps retain the oil. This week I visited Miles Trumpets http://www.milestrumpets.com/ and got to see a bell on trumpet being pounded into shape it was fascinating.
You can also use Cork Grease normally used on Clarinets for tuning slides of whistles.
The cork grease is good to have around, especially if you have some wood flutes as well.
Modern Trumpet valves have a hatch pattern in them that actually helps retain the oil. This week I visited Miles Trumpets http://www.milestrumpets.com/ and got to see a bell on trumpet being pounded into shape it was fascinating.
You can also use Cork Grease normally used on Clarinets for tuning slides of whistles.
The cork grease is good to have around, especially if you have some wood flutes as well.