Music Stores offer an ultrasonic cleaning of your instrument for best performance.
What is ULTRASONIC CLEANING?
The cleaning process we use for musical instruments is not just a simple “dip” or “flush”. Although we often refer to this process as a“chem clean” it is really much more than that. We begin with a complete disassembly of the instrument and first flush out heavy gunk and degrease the instrument. The entire instrument is submerged in detergents specifically formulated for musical instruments. Ultrasonic soundwaves then thoroughly clean inside and out. The instrument is then removed from the ultrasonic machine and rinsed. The instrument is then drilled internally with nylon brushes on an air drill with a light-grade pumice. Outside of the slides are hand polished. The instrument is then reassembled, valves aligned, valves & slides lubricated. We replace all water key corks, & valve felts. Valve springs and water key springs are replaced as needed.
YouTube videos of the ultrasonic portion of the process can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLNHuJGpxbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xVRKihKKMk