Hetman Classic Piston Lubricant 3

I recently started to play my 40-year old Bundy Trumpet again. I was using the oil that was in the case all those years and I was getting frustrated at my playing. Granted, it had been a long time since I played but this was ridiculous. Every note was off; I kept "misfiring" and producing false tones that sounded like squeals. This was consistently happening even after practicing for long periods of time. The one thing that I was noticing was that my valves were sticking and not functioning properly. I always had taken good care of my horn. There is nothing wrong with these valves, they were just sticky. Even after oiling them gratuitously, the very next day, I would have the same experience. I did research in to the matter and discovered that most valve oil products are sub par, and that, older horns require a thicker oil grade. As a result of my research I bought the Hetman Lubricant 3 oil for its thicker viscosity. I flushed out my previous oil and re-oiled the valves with this new oil. It has been over a week, and, each time I pick up the horn it plays perfectly. The valves go up and down their full course without any resistance and my tones are more accurate producing a much more pleasing experience with the horn. Now, if I play a weird tone I only have myself to blame; it just means I need more practice.

I've been playing trumpet for 40 years. I've used most every oil out there over the years. This Hetman product is phenomenal. It lasts forever and is incredibly smooth and fast. Their (tuning) slide oil is also incredible. I will not be buying any other brand of oil. It is difficult to express in words how pleased I am with this product. You'd think oil is oil, how can it be that different? Try it and you'll see. Be prepared to be blown away.

I read about this stuff for a long time, but, with a 1970 Getzen Doc Severinsen model trumpet as my main horn, I just didn't need it. I was lucky enough to score a 1966 Olds flugelhorn a few years back and, in spite of the famous Olds valves, never thought it played right using Al Cass valve oil. I finally tried Herman No. 3 on it and, man, what a difference! This horn was just waiting for me to give it the right juice! If you have an older horn (from the '60s or earlier), get this valve oil!

Been using Hetman for years. Works well as usual. Though, I do not like the new bottle at all. The quality is a lot worse. The only plus is that you can now see how much oil there is left in the bottle. Hope the seller can update the image with the new bottle.

I've tried seven different valve oil name brands. Hetman's #3 has performed the best on both new and older instruments. Provides smoothest action, fixes stckiness on poorly lapped pistons, and lasts the longest between oilings. The clear winner.

I bought this valve oil to use in a trumpet I'm borrowing from a friend because the horn has been getting Hetman for years and it's not a great idea to suddenly switch out the oil without thoroughly cleaning the valves. I'm a convert. The action is so smooth, and the valves are actually a little quieter. I'm going to do the thorough valve clean on my three horns and switch them all from a less expensie (though adequate brand) to Hetman as well. About $4 a bottle more, but worth it.

I have two older trumpets (1965 and 1975 models) and an older flugelhorn. I had been using one of the "Fast" oils with pretty good success but it was pretty easy to end up with sticking valves on all 3 horns. Hetman is synthetic but it can be used even if there is non-synthetic oil already on the valves. So I just applied the Hetman without cleaning the valves first. Wow! Instantly the sticking went away! And stays away!It's possible that the valves are not quite as quick as they used to be (or I could be imagining that) but they are definitely much faster than sticking valves.

Wouldn't use anything else for my Yamaha trumpet and Flugelhorn. Long lasting and doesn't gun up.

45年ほど使ってる楽器につけるとよくピストンが、動くようになった。

中古で購入した Bachのトランペットに使用してます。もともとはヤマハのレギュラーオイルでしたが、3番ピストンの引っかかる感じが購入時から気になっていました。他の方のレビューを参考にしてこちらのオイルに変えたところ、今まで気になっていた感じが嘘の様に解消されました。あともう一つ大きな変化が。音色です。かなり明るい響きに変わったと思います。オイル一つでも、こんなに違うんだなぁと初めて実感しました。

1970年製のコンステを所有しています。ヤマハのビンテージを使ってましたが、ここ最近ピストンの動きが悪くなってきてました。試しに、このオイルに切り替え、しばらく使っているうちに動きが改善されました。オイル皮膜での修復作用もあるようです。蓋の開け方にコツがありますが、問題なしです。

学生の頃に吹いていたトランペットが懐かしくなり、当時は到底手の出なかった立派な品を中古で購入しました。結構使い込まれたもの。以前からなんとなくYAMAHAのオイルを使っていたので同じモノを注油していましたが、明らかに滑りが悪くなるのが早い。一日に何度も注油する状態でした。とあるサイトで古い楽器には粘度高めのオイルのほうが向いていると知り、本製品を購入してびっくり。一日一回の注油でスムーズに動くようになって感動。バルブオイルは好み云々の前に使い分けがあることを知りました。ちょっと高いけど、たくさん注さなくて済む分、経済的負担も手間も減りました😀

ビンテージ楽器には最適かと思います。管内のサビなど気にされる方はこれがベストチョイスです。