Musical Instruments

Our Flex-Hone® tools and industrial abrasive brushes are widely used for the manufacture, maintenance, and repair of brass instruments. With its cylindrical shape and self-centering design, the Flex-Hone® is used for cleaning, finishing, and polishing tubas, trumpets, trombones, flutes, French horns, and other brass instruments with metal valves or slides. Our nylon abrasive brushes are perfect for cleaning and deburring threads.

Musical instruments made of soft brass have excellent acoustic properties but are easily dented. To prevent the embedding of internal tube debris that could hinder the proper operation of a valve or slide, musical instrument repair services use Flex-Hone® to first remove scale, limescale, and corrosion. During honing, they use Flex-Hone® oil to treat brass surfaces. Finally, a brush with warm soapy water is used to remove the oil from the inside of the tube.