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Question: Would a Silver Trumpet Maintenance kit YAC 1034S work on a Gold Holton!?
Hello I have played a gold brass Holton Trumpet For about 5 Years and i never had a maintenance kit!. I bought a Silver Trumpet Yamaha Maintenance kit YAC 1034S at a state competition souvenir shop!. Would the treated silver polishing cloth damage my Gold Holton Trumpet or what would happen!? Thank you for all of your help!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Hey Herberto

The cloth you are using for Silver is the same soft cloth for Gold!. Both of these metals are delicate especially the Silver!. So you can use it safely on the gold instrument!.
We do it all the time at the shop!. Just make sure that the cloth is used soley for polishing and that their are no abrasive in it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I disagree completely with what the previous poster said!. Perhaps he is referring to guitar polishing cloths!. But that doesn't hold true with brass instruments!.

Gold guitar parts actually have a thin gold plating, so they aren't susceptible to oxidation!. The gold color on brass wind instruments is not gold, but is merely polished brass, which is sealed with a thin coat of lacquer!.

Most of the cloths which are designated as "Silver Maintenance" kits are treated with an anti-oxidant chemical, used for cleaning silver!. If you use this on lacquered brass, such as your gold trumpet, the chemical will eventually strip away your lacquer!. Then the brass will be exposed and open to oxidation!.

Save yourself a lot of headache by exchanging that kit you bought for a regular lacquered instrument kit!.

Take care !Www@QuestionHome@Com