Opinions on La Tromba valve oil?

[improver]

What say you

[bagmangood]

Good valve oil - long lasting and seems to make some valves just feel extra good. Bauerfeind valves for example seem to really like it, and it seems to work on most horns (I use the vintage on older horns, doesn't seem as thick but for medium worn valuves it works)
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[Lawler Bb]

It's excellent. The bottles leak like crazy. Stopped using it for that reason and have switched to PDQ. Just as good, IMO.
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[Tony Scodwell]

Doc Severinsen preferred it and felt it was the best for his horns, but then again, he used to spit on his valves also.

Tony Scodwell
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[Kumara999]

I have hard horns that got sluggish on Hetman but La Tromba T2 always great.

Highly recommend.
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Heather Kirk
Trumpets: NYTC Stage 1 California Light, NYTC Stage 1 Possegger, PUJE Classic
Flugel : Zeus ZFH 900 RL Guarnerius

[Shifty]

[Benson]

While I love the valve oil, I HATE the bottle. They leak like mad! But I'm a band director and there's always an empty bottle of generic around. I pop the top off and fill it with my La Tromba. Problem solved!
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Benson

[LaTrompeta]

I believe there are three versions of La Tromba. I've only tried T2. It was excellent as far as I recall. It lubricated the valves very well, they never stuck and it had a pleasant smell. I've not tried T1 or T3.
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[Riojazz]

I used T2 for many years before moving to Hetman 1 on all my horns EXCEPT my Kanstul 1525 flugelhorn. For that, I use T3.

Those bottles, though, are a nightmare. My T2 bottles from years ago are intact, but the T3 bottles, with what seems to be the same design, all crack at the ring, leaving you to stick the cap tip on and hope. I now travel with several Zip Lock bags...
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Matt Finley https://mattfinley.bandcamp.com/releases
Kanstul 1525 flugel with French taper, Shires Bb Destino Med & C trumpets, Schilke XA1 cornet, Schagerl rotary, Schilke P5-4 picc, Yamaha soprano sax, Powell flute. Sanborn GR66MS & Touvron-D.

[Andy Cooper]

T1 with Silicone worked well with "problem" valves that would occasionally stick.

[Steve A]

I loved it for years, but a few years ago something changed with the bottles, and since then they've all leaked. Eventually I got fed up with intermittently finding valve oil all over everything and switched to Monster Oil. So far, it seems good.

[patdublc]

I use it. And I have a lot of oil spots from the bottles leaking. I don't normally carry oil outside of the house to gigs. And I can't remember the last time on a gig that I needed oil. But, I do usually have an extra horn with me.
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Pat Shaner
Play Wedge Mouthpieces by Dr. Dave exclusively.
Experiment with LOTS of horn makes and models.

[cgaiii]

A bottle of it came with my flugelhorn. The oil seems really long lasting, but the bottle leaks as others have noted. Have to keep in in a plastic bag.

[shofarguy]

I was given a bottle of La Tromba (nee T2) back when I was having trouble with my Benge's valves and before I had Kanstul rebuild them. The oil started out just fine, but soon became unusable. I finally figured out that that oil was leaving behind some sort of invisible buildup on the pistons and casings that made the action slower and slower, as time went by.

I cleaned the horn a number of times, but that didn't clean off the buildup. Finally, I soaked the pistons and swabbed the casings in vinegar. That stripped off the buildup. I never went back to La Tromba.

I tried a Wild Thing at Flip's shop that he had used T2 to lube the valves. I felt the piston action was noticeably slower with that oil than what I have always gotten from his own brand of non-synthetic proprietary oil. I've used Flip Oakes brand valve oil ever since the first day I met him, back in 2009 and still have never found a better valve oil. Yes, it evaporates fairly quickly in the Arizona summers, but the action is always fast and reliable.
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Brian A. Douglas

Flip Oakes Wild Thing Bb Trumpet in copper
Flip Oakes Wild Thing Flugelhorn in copper


There is one reason that I practice: to be ready at the downbeat when the final trumpet sounds.

[giakara]

After the death of the founder two different companies, one with the old bottle with the long head that sacks and one with the bottle with the short head that has the old good quality , for me best oil out there, i use T2 special for new hirns , T1 for used horns and T3 thick for vintage.

Regards
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Lawler TL5-1A Bb 2015
Lawler TL6-1A Bb 2004
Lawler TL5-1A Bb 2003
Getzen eterna 910 C
Getzen eterna 850 cornet
Selmer Paris 3 valve picc
Yamaha 731 flugel
Carol mini pocket
Reeves/Purviance mpcs

[Brassnose]

Been using T2 for about 40 years now. Works great, easily available.

I also like giakaras typo very much: hirn is brain in German - happy to hear that T2 works well with new brains, also
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2019 Martin Schmidt eXcellence
1992 Bach 43GH/43
1989 Kühnl & Hoyer Model 15 flugel
1980/2023 Custom Blessing Scholastic C 😎
1977 Conn 6B
1951 Buescher 400 Lightweight
AR Resonance, Frate, Klier

[giakara]

[Irving]

[nowave]

Switched from Hetman to La Tromba T2 and love it -- super fast, very silky-feeling if that makes sense, and lasts a hell of a long time.

[F.E. Olds Nut]

Tromba T2 is great on stainless pistons and my Schilkes.

I got frustrated with constant bottle leaks and switched to Hetman.
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