Trumpet Case Essentials

Here is a list of some useful items to keep in your trumpet case:

• Valve Oil - I recommend "Blue Juice"
• Slide Grease
• Lip Salve - always necessary after those long rehearsals
• Laquer/silver polishing cloth
• Flannel - useful for spit emergencies!
• Pencil/Eraser - a necessity for all instrument cases
• Folding trumpet stand - I recommend the K&M stand that stores in the bell of the trumpet
• Mouthpiece case (if using a gig bag)
• Pegs/lyre
• Tuner
• Mouthpiece brush
• Spit balls - useful for maintaining the trumpet if you don't have time to wash it regularly

How to Get Valve Oil Out of Paper

We've all been there, you have an important sheet of paper or music that doesn't belong to you, and you manage to spill valve oil on it.

I've found a solution to this problem!

You will need:

• Flour/Corn Flour
• A heavy book 

1. Take your flour and place some on the surface underneath the oil stain on the paper.

2. Completely cover the oil stain on top of the paper with a good amount of the flour.

3. Place a book/a heavy object on top of the flour.

4. Leave over night, to allow the oil to be soaked up.

You might need to leave the flour for longer depending on how bad the oil stain is.