Herco Trumpet Spitballs

Manufacturer: Herco
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The amazing famous cleaning discs for brass instruments

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not worth it.

Review Date: July 24, 2010

Reviewer: Bill D. Holton, Pearland, TX United States

sounded like a neat idea for the low price I got it for. doesn't really do much and got stuck in my lead pipe right before I had to play. The idea is cool but better off cleaning the standard way with a pipe brush when needed..

Get your trumpet cleaned!

Review Date: May 15, 2010

Reviewer: Kosie, nj

Need I say more...if it is dirty get it cleaned at a music shop. Ifyou play your horn a lot you will be best to bring it to a music shop once a year and pay the $30-$50 to get it cleaned. If you have a professional instrument it will cost more. I know these sound appealing and seem so much cheaper then a cleaning. Let me know what you think when they are stuck inside your instrument... inevitably these will not clean much at all and you will end up at the music shop.

gets stuck

Review Date: December 9, 2009

Reviewer: Book Vamp, North Carolina, USA

Hey everyone, its your band buddy vamp again. I don't recommend this product because the spitballs get stuck in the trumpet/brass instrument. I don't know if anyone has ever taken a trumpet completely apart to get one of these out, well other than me of course, but it is darn near impossible to "snake" these out once they are stuck. I had to run the valves under the bath tap (at full pressure) to get the darn ball unstuck. When the spitball gets wet, it expands...yea. So just use a snake rag and call it a day.

Spitballs are great!

Review Date: December 1, 2009

Reviewer: Tim Watkins, Phoenix, AZ USA

As I commented on another review, I have been using Spitballs in my own trumpet for several years and have never had a problem. Make sure you push the Spitball in a couple of inches with a pencil or similar implement so it is past the narrowest part of the leadpipe. You have to use a large amount of air, but that's what trumpet players should do all the time anyway. I have had my students use them as well (4th-12th grade) and they LOVE shooting them through their trumpets to see how far they will fly out the bell (not very far, usually). I have used them in my Bach, as well as in Yamahas, Jupiters, Conns, Kings, and other brands. Valves open or down doesn't matter.

I usually shoot the Spitball through the horn a few times. Once to get the cleaning fluid into the horn, and then again for the sponge to pick up the gunk. The kids say, "Eeewww!" when they see the Spitball is brown or green after it comes out the other end, especially if they haven't cleaned their trumpet in a long time (or ever ).

Using Spitballs is way easier and, in my opinion, more effective than using a snake brush. Plus, they really are fun!

I don't like it.....

Review Date: October 4, 2009

Reviewer: Jhoanna =],

I would have given it one star, but i gave it two because it does do some cleaning.
I was really scared because I didn't know if they would get stuck or what. But after reading some reviews, I decided to take a chance. That was the mistake.
My trumpet was really dirty, so when i got these, i followed the directions, and one of the "spitballs" got stuck in the horn. It took me about 5 minutes to take all the slides off and everything, but I finally did find it.
I was stupid enough to try it again, because i thought it was just that one spitball that didn't work. again, it got stuck somewhere in my horn. it says it works for small bore trombones, trumpets, cornets, and french horns. I didn't dare to try it on my french horn.

So the next day, I asked my band teacher about these spitballs, and she said not to use them. I guess I wasted time and money (shipping costed more than item)

i guess the only upside is that it cleans your horn, but only a bit.
i really wouldn't recommend these. just buy one of those snakes.

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