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Heyaa I recently bought my first trumpet which was a Boosey and Hawkes one from around the 1960s I just wanted to know how I should take care of it, clean it, and look after it because I have no idea what I’m doing when I do inevitably have to clean it.

So I’m just going to list a bunch of questions here that yall can answer for me (sorry if they sound stupid haha). And any advice is appreciated for looking after it 🩷

Do I take all the slides off and like run it through with water maybe soap to clean it?

How often should I oil the valves?

Do I need something like oil for the tuning slides?

If I do use water is it ok to use hot water to clean?