What’s your favorite tuning slide grease?

[BrassSection]

Somehow never switched from Selmer. Been using it since the 60s, with the exception of the few years in the 70s when I didn’t have any horns. No issues.

[calcbone]

Just seeing this thread and several people talking about anhydrous lanolin being temperature sensitive… I can speak from experience there!

I had a big tub of it in college. One year, I packed my car and drove back to school for band camp…but they’d always have just one dorm open for the first few days for us band kids, before the rest of the dorms opened. This particular year, it wasn’t my dorm, so I didn’t fully unpack my car—just got out the essentials for those first few days.

To make a long story short… the lid to the tub of lanolin had a little crack in it. After a few days sitting in my car in the Alabama heat, it had melted and leaked all over the place… mainly on some socks, if I remember correctly?

So… perhaps it got a bit hotter than it would in normal playing conditions, but I could imagine a gig on a hot sunny day where the metal of your tuning slide heats up more than the air around it…

[officermayo]

Hmmm.

A college age kid with a sock full of lanolin in his dorm room?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[officermayo]

You mean, you want to move the tuning slide?

Nah! I get 'em welded at the factory

I never move my tuning slide as my horn was tuned at the factory.

Seriously though, I've always used just plain ol' Chapstick. 50+ years, no issues and there's always a tube in my pocket.

[calcbone]

Hmmm.

A college age kid with a sock full of lanolin in his dorm room?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Hahaha…. Ok… never thought of using it for any purpose but tuning slides, though. Just happened to be near the plastic storage thing that had most of my clothes in the car.

[tbdana]

I rarely move my tuning slides much (which is not a secret here). I use the red Bach tuning slide lubricant, and it stays pliable between cleanings so that on those rare occasions that I do move my tuning slide, it moves easily even after the slide sits immobile for a week.