HW Products Tuba Cleaning and Care Product (HBSTU)

The flex feature of this cleaning brush works well for long tubing and sing bends. If tubing slides are removable, double bends are cleanable. After several passes all loose and slightly gummy debris was removed. A second flexable lanyard attached to the opposite end of brush would make the cleaning process much more efficient and time saving.

I am an advanced high school trombonist, and after buying a beautiful, barely-used Blessing B-88 (with closed wrap F-attachment) I knew I needed a new brush to keep it clean. My old brush, with an unprotected(!) metal spring core, couldn't even attempt to navigate the tighter turns of my F-attachment.Let's start with the good: this brush easily cleaned the entire length of the inner, outer, and main tuning slides (yes, it's long enough to pass through the bow), and it passed straight through the closed rotary valve (not through the F-attachment) like it wasn't even there. It got through the tuning slide of the F-attachment and the short half of the attachment with only a little difficulty, but nothing to complain about. In addition, possibly best of all, the brush is very absorbent, so after you've cleaned your trombone and dried the brush (I used a microfiber towel) you can (slowly) pass the brush through again to get the inner tubes dry as a bone.I only have a couple of problems. As the brush passed through the tight bend of the F-attachment tuning slide and the open rotary valve (through the F-attachment), the resistance it put up seemed to untwist the leading end of the brush (like a can of Pillsbury dough). I'll update this if the problem gets worse, but I don't think that it will. In addition, it couldn't quite get the first length of the inner slide (the dirtiest spot, right where your mouth is) clean because the brush part is too soft, but it did better than my old brush. These are relatively minor problems, though; my main issue is that the long half of my F-attachment had one too many tight turns for the brush. If you go in from the screw, the core isn't firm enough to get through the last bend; if you go in from the attachment, it isn't flexible enough to make the turn in the valve. I bent the core trying to get it through (FYI, even when it's bent halfway along the length it works great everywhere else), but I simply couldn't get the core through the long half of my attachment.All in all, though, this is the best brush I have seen on the market. It is flawless if you have a straight trombone or an open wrap attachment, and it does far better on a closed wrap than any metal spring core brush could (at least it can clean the short half!).

This brush is non-metal and thus can be used to clean the long thin tubing of a trombone without fear of scratching the surfaces. If you are a trombone player, you really must clean your instrument periodically. There are several reports you can find on people suffering from upper-respiratory infections caused by a dirty trombone. The inside of the inner slide portion starting at the mouthpiece gets a shower of food bits, saliva, etc. as you play. Microorganisms can live inside this slide--it is warm and humid in this slide after you stop playing--and some of those could cause disease! This is a gentle and effective cleaner. The first time I cleaned my instrument, I found not too much in the larger bell or ascending side of the slide, but the descending portion below the receiver was FILTHY. There was a gray-slime that just coated this brush when it came out. I was nearly gagging thinking about every time I was doing those rapid slide motions that we do to make sure the lube is good realizing that the "exhale" backing up the mouthpiece was passing over this gunk and shooting into my face! Yuck. Buy one and use it well. I am not sure how durable this will be as it is new, so I'm holding back a star to "wait and see" so clearly "I like it" but I'm not sure that "I love it" yet.

I got back into playing bass trombone and was used to the standard stainless steel spring snake. I saw this and decided to try it out. This guy is kinda neat. The "line" part is flat plastic with a little hard plastic tip to assist getting through. The brush end is rather large (long) as compared to your standard "snake" brush and its MUCH longer. One thing that I kinda didn't like about it is that the brush isn't very aggressive. This one is fairly soft and you may need a couple of passes as compared to a regular snake. Eh...not a real big deal I suppose. One thing I did like is that It went easily through the rotor system on a bass trombone...EASILY! So if you don't feel like taking the rotors out you can get this guy through.Even with the lack of aggressive brush this is still a 5 star.

It is kind of hard to find a cleaning tool to get the crud out of a large instrument like a flugelhorn, but this product does the trick. It is a good idea to wet the brushes with water and use a generous about of dishwashing liquid so the attached line does not break off with the brush part stuck inside the tubing of the horn. If this is done correctly, the cleaning tool works just fine and you can remove all the spit and old oil and grease from the entire horn. Of course, rinse the horn out completely to get the soap out of the horn and let dry over night. There is a marked improvement in the playing of the horn and the water keys work better during regular playing.

I purchased one of these from a local store a bit more than a year ago. On first use, I was impressed enough to get the baritone/euphonium kit so I could have a stiff brush for tuning slides and valve casings. Last week, I opened up the zip bag I keep this in to clean my outer slide and....why is it too short? Did I get the wrong one? *checks bag* Nope, it says "Trombone". Did I grab the euph one? No, they're the same length...The only options left are: 1) They changed the length at some point and now it can be used as depicted in the product photo, and 2) I'm completely nuts and need to seek help.I'm leaning a bit towards option 1, but not 100%...Edit 8/27/13: I'm an idiot, and I was using the wrong one. 4 stars because it works well

Best “snake” cleaner I’ve seen for trombone. Much safer than the old spring steel/bristle combos on the inner slide and dries out the slide crook - throw one in every case and use it after every session just like the woodwind players.

Si tuviese un alambre flexible y no una tira endeble y la superficie que limpia fuese mas duro seria ideal

appena arrivato non mi è sembrato un granché, però in effetti funziona bene, si riesce a farlo passare e pulire la coulisse per intero, le setole sono morbide, percui non serve per pulizie su strumenti vecchi e particolarmente sporchi ed incrostati, è più per una manutenzione ordinaria

I come from a music family, and this is one of the best brush sets for trombones out there. My brother loves it, as he plays trombone for his school orchestra. He says he hasn't found a better one out there yet.

Ottimo, mantiene la culisse pulita e anche i tubi della campana