Well, it's been a couple of months now since I bought my trumpet and I think it may need it's first bath. At any rate, one of the books I bought says it should be bathed every three months or so and the other every six months.

At first, I wasn't quite sure about the right way to pick it up, take it apart, etc., but now I feel a bit more confident. However, the description of the bathing procedure seems somewhat drastic, so I thought I'd ask here if anyone had any tips, having gotten such good advice in response to my previous questions.