Zaja Valve Oil

When I was a music education major at CW Post, I was involved in a small ensemble called the Brass Ensemble. Here I sat around with 7 other trumpet players. There were three of us female trumpet players. One was a perfectionist who scared the crap out of me, that's how good she was. The other was a very lively young woman who had a great sense of humor and a really nice smile. She plays the trumpet really well and she is very relax when it comes to practicing or performing.

It was the very lively one that turned me onto this product of Scented Valve Oil. She would inhale the aroma of French Vanilla among the variety of scrent she owned. I thought it was the funniest thing since Spitballs. Playing the trumpet, there are some products out there with a wacky concept or name. After I fell sick it took me months to embark on the journey to find these "scented valve oils." I did a search and found the site.

www.zajamusic.com

It's a little business that sells certain brass products. There's a product that keeps your case clean, there's an air device to help develop your breathing, and there is a product for your lips. There is also apparal being sold.

I was amused at the site and I told my mom about it. Sure enough, for my birthday I received two bottles of Zaja Valve Oil. I was beyond amused and immediately opened my package and started to inhale the aromas of Strawberry and French Vanilla. Now I wasn't so crazy about the French Vanillla but I loved the Strawberry. I decided to take the oils for a test run.

Before Zaja, I was a devout Al Cass user. Al Cass for everything. I'd have three bottles of it wherever I played. I decided to use the Strawberry on my trumpet since I use it more often than my Flugel (which then got the french vanilla treatment.)

My first reaction: My god, my valves have never felt this smooth.

I continued to be amazed at how fast my valves moved on both the trumpet AND flugel. The nest thing that amazed me...how long the oil lasted. After a week of constant playing, I didn't have to oil them. I think it was a few weeks later that I actually had to pull out the bottle and reoil. It amazed the shit out of me. Then I started to think damn, something must not be right...maybe the stuff needed for the scent will corrode or destroy my valves or casing. Nope...nada...no damage at ALL.

So not only does my trumpet smell like strawberries, it performs well with this new oil. I was very impressed with the results. My bottles are still full, and I still have 3 bottles of Al Cass laying around...i'll use my Al Cass in case I need to perform and not stink up a place.