by Johnny Carroll | Aug 14, 2025 | Band Tips
Regular cleaning is essential to keeping your clarinet sounding great and lasting for years. Daily care helps prevent moisture damage, sticky keys, and unpleasant odors while ensuring a smooth, clear tone. At Chagrin Valley Music, we teach every clarinet student how...
by Johnny Carroll | Aug 13, 2025 | Band Tips
Keeping your flute clean is essential for good sound, smooth playability, and a long instrument life. A clean flute not only looks better, it helps prevent sticky pads, buildup inside the tubing, and damage to delicate mechanisms. At Chagrin Valley Music, we teach...
by Johnny Carroll | Aug 12, 2025 | Band Tips
Oiling your trumpet valves is a quick maintenance task that makes a huge difference in playability, tone, and instrument life. Without regular oiling, valves can stick or slow down, making it harder to play and even damaging the horn over time. At Chagrin Valley...
by Johnny Carroll | Aug 12, 2025 | Band Tips
When most people picture a flute, they think of the standard silver instrument found in school bands and orchestras. But the flute family is much larger and more varied than you might expect, with instruments ranging from tiny, high-pitched voices to large, resonant...
by Johnny Carroll | Jun 12, 2025 | Band Tips
Is your child joining band or orchestra this year? That’s a huge milestone—and it opens up a world of creativity, learning, and fun. But before the music begins, there’s one important decision to make: Which instrument should they play? At Chagrin Valley Music, we’ve...
by Johnny Carroll | Jun 12, 2025 | Band Tips
Whether you’re a beginning band student or a seasoned player, one of the most important (but often overlooked) parts of playing a musical instrument is taking care of it. Proper maintenance keeps your band instrument sounding great, playing smoothly, and lasting...
