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How to repair french horn trigger at home?
Over the winter break, we have to practice our solos for contes at the start of Febuary, but it seems my trigger on my french horn is acting up. I don't want to go to professionals because it costs money, and my band teacher is a french horn player (assistant band director actually, but that doesn't matter) and would be able to know how to fix it, he's a wiz at things like this. I can't really wait until break is over because a week of practice would be lost. I'll give you all I know about it:
It's already well oiled.
It only sticks sometimes, but others it's just fine.
When it sticks it doesn't look any different than when it works.
It has a metal thing instead of string. The metal thing is loose, but the screws are as tight as they'll go.
Hopefully it isn't something too bad, and I can fix it at home. Thank you!
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- PAPPA XMASLv 68 years agoFavorite Answer
Did your director show you how to oil the top and bottom bearings? Take the valve cap off and put a bit of oil on that crack where the valve moves in the bearing cap.....that deal under the valve cap that ain't valve.
Then turn the horn over and put oil in the crack where the valve comes out of the bottom of the valve case..... where the stem pokes through.
After that oil each joint on the mechanical arms that move the valve.
You might have one of the screws on the actuator arms too tight.
After all that, it is time to show it to your director.
Source(s): See my video on youtube, "A horn is born"
