Silver Polishing a Baritone (Super Sped Up)

I can't believe how different this old baritone looks after I silver polished it. This horn was made by the boston musical instruments company, which according to Wikepedia was shut down in 1928... So even though I don't know how old this Baritone is, we know its really old...

[@omikronairsoft6037]

God bless you man!!

[@aaronfoo1018]

Patience at its highest level

[@jeicy8016]

I do something like this, but was a gift to mi gf :)

[@qubertone]

might i suggest when this process is done with, try wrights silver polish cream, its supposed to be used with utensils but works great on this too

[@ikeeichenberg9068]

I recently bought a vintage trombone from the same era that also has the same kind of matte silver look on outside. I guess it was a thing of the time period

[@esktremorz4179]

Use some Hagerty's spray polish- it turned an old Stradivarius trumpet and literally made it look like new. Good luck!

[@wisteria006]

I know, it just works SO WELL.

[@tucker.84]

@Noah McAdams Not unless it's silver plated. If you use Hagerty's on a brass instrument it will ruin the horn. Only use Hagerty's on silver plated instruments.

[@Settii]

This was cool. It actually looked pretty charming in the first place. Funny thing that people pay all kinds of extra money for "relic" and "vintage" finishes on instruments now.

[@ganspiano9360]

Awesome 🥰

[@katielooker2629]

Ball State uses silver polish on our horns. Makes them look nice and shiny for performance.

[@keystr0ke]

Profound

[@martinibisevic6440]

hello, I want to ask you how I can get the polishing paste to get my instrument that shine again, it's a tenorhorn

[@Jellysquare]

Don't put the polish or instrument with polish on your bed! 😅😅😅

[@BoneZone]

oops

[@TheBluetoo99]

baking soda, hot water, 10 mins soak, wash off 99% clean

[@georgetirebiter4343]

Yeah, I saw a guy in a vid here on UA-cam do a similar thing with an ion exchange method: he wrapped the horn (an old bugle) in aluminum foil, put the horn in a basin of warm water with salt and baking soda, and the sulfur in the silver tarnish recombined with the foil, leaving the horn bright and shiney without polishing.

[@eggpoacher2025]

Very cool!

[@adebayoelijahadedayo6904]

Please how can get the cream

[@ОрханГусейнов-в8л]

hi, what about gold plated instruments? can I use this polish cream for Amati golden plated trombone?

[@BoneZone]

I think you could but be careful, gold plating tends to be very thin and you don't want to polish it off. At my shop we use a much finer polish for gold usually. Maybe a gold polish would be better

[@ОрханГусейнов-в8л]

@@BoneZone thank you, there is Yamaha lacquered polish cream for gold plated, I think it will useful for me

[@mowernotmower7756]

what was the Polish called that you used?

[@BoneZone]

xBloxzorior it's the Yamaha brand silver Polish. It worked really well

[@mowernotmower7756]

ByronAllen Thanks, I've gone through a bunch of polishes and tarnish removers for my contra and i haven't really been getting anywhere.

[@madushanivithanawasam140]

Yas

[@gideon1041]

My trumpet has rusty dots on its whole body idk how to fix it

[@jayalves3666]

what is the solution that you clean the baritone?

[@seantran2708]

What kind of solution did you use?

[@recme_]

whats the name of the song?

[@BoneZone]

recolorme I made it on ableton for this video. I guess I didn't really name it. Hope you liked it!

[@recme_]

ByronAllen you should release it on your channel!

[@ironwolf3699]

what did he use?

[@haisan2918]

Will this work on a gold instrument ?

[@BoneZone]

Oh boy... I honestly dont know. The reason I used the polish for this instrument was because silver tarnish can come off pretty easily. I don't know enough about gold to give you an informed answer

[@haisan2918]

BoneZone Music I did an experiment with my gold trumpet and Sure it works it just gives it a slightly differently brighter colour

[@evansomanefrimpong1026]

@@haisan2918 The name of the appliqué you used.

[@sonicspaceturtle_gaming6772]

thank you it really helped with my trombone

[@raayney]

isnt that an euphonium

[@samanthafisher4494]

Violet Becerra nope a euphonium has a conical bore so basically a flugelhorn but huge and baritone is cylindrical so akin to what a trumpet is obviously both are larger. The valves have nothing to do with it. Some baritones have 4 valves and surprisingly lots of euphonium have only 3 valves. Euphoniums are more common than baritones by a long shot. Baritones are usually only in brass bands like the river city brass band and others.

[@samanthafisher4494]

And yeah I believe it's actually a euphonium but a funky old one lmao

[@varatic644]

Violet Becerra your dumb

[@nickr9505]

Samantha Fisher Baritones are also commonly used in British concert bands and American marching bands.

[@sillylad7901]

The way I differentiate the two is, sadly, the euphonium is... well... thiqqer

[@antoninacawley7949]

I've seen people play a 2/3 better condition then that one. I see playing and that annoys me.

[@Lucas-de-Souza7]

Muito bom

[@aidentrinidad4398]

Its not really polished u just removed the tarnish

[@jeremymcclanahan2389]

still looks like trash..go buy a buffing pad amd and us it in a drill