Miscellaneous

Due to damages to instruments from the last rehearsal, dust from the orchestra pit, or sticky fingerprints from the previous marquee session… in the long run, lacquer and metal surfaces of our instruments suffer wear and tear and will lose their original brilliance. Whether on the way or at home, HEYDAY’S® – preclean is a practical solution for a quick and easy cleaning of all alcohol-resistant surfaces of instruments.

Actually, we thought there might be enough quality cloths on the market for the instrument's care. But because we couldn’t find anything that knocked us off our feet, we developed our own cloths stamped out of high-tech fabric. But keep them away from housework maniacs – or they’ll be gone…

Nomen est omen: Even though we do everything to widely do without greases, here is the ultimate grease developed by HEYDAY'S for tuning slides and tenon joints of woodwind instruments.

Musical instruments made of bare brass and other copper alloys provide a certain charm and proven acoustic advantages. Unfortunately, they tarnish very often quickly and have to be polished frequently...

Musical instruments made of bare metal appeal with their undoubted charm and specific acoustic advantages. But by-and-by, their surfaces tarnish and must be polished again. Conventional polishes usually consist of sharp-edged abrasives, which increasingly cause metal abrasion over the years and therefore change your instrument’s distinct acoustic character. But there is a solution…

Who has not quickly reached for a student’s instrument in order to demonstrate that the problem is not with that instrument but with insufficient practice…? Herpes is often the reward next morning. There is a high risk of contact infections from mouthpieces – and whilst herpes is not dangerous, yet it is unpleasant. We have developed a simple solution which surpasses present standards. For all who have high hygienic standards and care responsibly for their own health as well as that of others…

Who has not quickly reached for a student’s instrument in order to demonstrate that the problem is not with that instrument but with insufficient practice…? Herpes is often the reward next morning. There is a high risk of contact infections from mouthpieces – and whilst herpes is not dangerous, yet it is unpleasant. Particularly woodwind instruments are affected due to the open-pored organic material they are made of - in combination with the humid-warm climate it is an ideal culture medium for bacteria, viruses and fungi. So players of woodwinds are much more at risk than their colleagues in the brass department. We have developed a simple solution which surpasses present standards. For all who have high hygienic standards and care responsibly for their own health as well as that of others…

Perfectly gliding slides are not just a question of functional lubricants, but also a question of smooth surfaces in the first place. That can be easily achieved for inner slides, but for their outer counterparts, which are usually non chrome-plated and therefore corrode much faster, we now have the ultimate tool…

Musical instruments made of bare silver or silver plated instruments appeal with their undoubted charm and specific acoustic advantages. But by-and-by, their surfaces tarnish and must be polished again. Conventional polishes usually consist of sharp-edged abrasives, which increasingly cause metal abrasion over the years and therefore change your instrument’s distinct acoustic character. But there is a solution…

Beyond doubt, silver plated and massive silver musical instruments provide a certain charm and proven acoustic advantages. Although silver is called a "noble metal" it tarnishes often very quickly by environmental influences or aggressive hand perspiration... In the beginning the immediately appearing sulphuric- and chloridic layers diminish just only the gloss, but finally they become more and more a stable adherent brown or black film. Frequent polishing keeps it shining but the surfaces get worn very quickly - most silver platings are literally polished to death. That really unique product we are very proud of brings now the solution...