Videos

Many people have contacted us inquiring about factory tours. For those of you that can't make it to Elkhorn, we are pleased to offer the next best thing. Below, you will find production videos that will provide insight into how Edwards Instruments are made, all from the comfort of your home.

We are also starting to film maintenance videos to better demonstrate simple tasks you can do to take care of your horn. More to come...

Trombone Slide Cleaning

  • Christan Griego shows us how to properly clean and lube a trombone slide.
  • Christan Griego takes us through the procedure of removing a stuck mouthpiece and leadpipe from a trombone slide that features a removable leadpipe.
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to install the Edwards Bullet Brace. This is a great ergonomic aid to ease the stress on the wrists and hands. Works on both tenor and bass. To order one for your trombone please call 1-800-562-6838.
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to install an Edwards BC401-(E) Single Valve Converter on a Edwards B454 Bass Trombone. To order a BC401 please contact Edwards at 1-800-562-6838
  • Ron Knaflic shows how to disassemble a tenor Axial Flow Thayer Valve as well as cleaning. All lubricants can be purchased by calling 1-800-562-6838 Please see part 2 for the reassembly.
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to lubricate and reassemble a tenor Axial Flow Thayer Valve. To purchase all lubricants mentioned please call 1-800-562-6838
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to remove, replace cork, replace spring and reinstall a lever waterkey on a trumpet. Please wear your safety glasses!!!!!
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to properly lubricate a tenor Axial Flow (Thayer) style valve. Lubricants can be purchased by calling 1-800-562-6838
  • Christan Griego and Ron Knaflic show us how to replace a spitvalve/waterkey spring and cork. Wear your safety glasses please!!!!!!!
  • Spinning is where a bell is formed into its final shape. The bell takes the shape of the mandrel as Bruce applies pressure with the harpoon-like tool. Care must be taken with two-piece bells to remove the extra mass where the flair and stem meet. Bruce feels the bell and then removes the extra mass (this step is not needed when spinning our one-piece trumpet bells). Finally, he straps the bell with a file and sandpaper. Bruce has been spinning bells for over 15 years and makes his art look easy.
  • Christan Griego shows us how to remove and replace worn slide felts/bumpers.
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to properly lubricate a Axial Flow (Thayer) valve section. All lubricants are available from Edwards at 1-800-562-6838.
  • The polished, de-greased trumpet is placed in an electro-clean tank before being submersed into a silver strike tank, which places a very thin coating of silver on the horn. This serves as a primer for the actual silver plating that occurs when Martin places the trumpet in the silver plate tank. Notice the four silver anodes hanging in the back. These send a negative charge to the tank (the instrument receives a positive charge). The silver plating is complete after ten minutes.
  • Ron Knaflic shows us how to disassemble and reassemble an Amado waterkey on a Edwards Trumpet. Please wear your safety glasses.
  • Marty is brazing a trumpet valve casing, a process that attaches the valve casing ports to the valve casing. These ports will later have first, second and third valve slides soft-soldered into place. A brazed joint is a lot stronger than one that is soft-soldered. It also has a much higher melting point. This high melting point allows future soldering to be done (near brazed joints) without the fear of melting the brazed junctions.