Customer Reviews

Alisyn Valve Slide Key High-Performance Synthetic Oil

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I switch over to synthetic oil 10-15 years ago - it is great. I have a bottle of this oil which is only half gone and it is my original bottle. I RARELY have to oil my valves and they have stayed in excellent condition with very little wear for the usage/age of my horn. One note: If you are going to switch to synthetic - get your instrument cleaned out entirely and never mix with regular rotary valve oil. I had a friend that went in my case and used my oil without asking and realizing it was synthetic and he froze up all his valves before a performance and had to take his instrument in for an entire cleaning.

I have been playing brass instruments from tuba to trumpet since 1973. I am also a band director and get supplied with samples from many different companies. As you can imagine, I have tried MANY different types. This is the BEST valve oil I've used and I didn't even know it originally. I originally dismissed Alisyn simply because I had some "favorites" that I used instead of even trying Alisyn.

However, I had an old student model Conn trumpet that I basically thought of as a "throw away". I cleaned it up but didn't need it any more and purely by "accident" lubed it with Alisyn. I put it in the attic (no heat or air-conditioning) and forgot about it for 8 YEARS!!

I had a student that really needed a horn and I just happened to stumble across this old trumpet in the attic. I took it out of the case expecting it to be ruined (as it should have been) but instead the valves worked BETTER than I remembered and the horn played awesome! I couldn't believe my ears. A++ for Alisyn!

I have used this product for many years and it does great! I finally used up the bottle I was given by a fellow trumpet player and was happy to see it was sold online.