Hi Bibbage, I play and collect old Conn saxophones, and I have done a few repairs myself. Some of these old Conns with the set screws can really be a challange to take apart; the set screws can corrode and sometimes the only way to remove them is to drill them out....carefully! Oil definately helps prevent this from happening, and keeps the action free. I oil my saxophone like Kristy mentioned; oiling all of the pivot points, screws and rods. I would be careful not to get much oil on the corks though. Playing over a period of time can loosen the corks and the oil will just help them to fall off. I had a Selmer Series III soprano, and half the corks on it fell off and had to be glued back on in less than a year!

Hi Mark Good site, thanks for that.

I "used" (before I lost the thing) one of those needle oilers. It worked great, got oil where it needs to go, and didn't make a mess. It also got lost sometime 5-7 years ago. Anyway, a few things to remeber, and I'll use a bike chain for an example. -oil only needs to go where there are moving parts! you don't "need" oil all over the place for it to do its job. -the best IMO oil to use is Tranmission fluid... think about this. That stuff keeps working when it's hot, cold, and dosn't need to be changed as much as engine oil. ok I'm done!