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Jon

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practice mutes - recommendations?
on: June 19, 2011, 13:54

What sort of practice mute do you use?
Do you have any recommendations - or suggestions for mutes to avoid?

Mike

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Re: practice mutes - recommendations?
on: June 19, 2011, 16:07

Good question, Jon.

I must say my top 2 are the Bremner Sssshhhhh muteand the H&B Stonelined Sh Sh practise mute (#132).

The former is super light, and quiet. A really nice resistance. The latter is much more like playing a trumpet - less resistance, almost a sense of a tone but a bit big and heavy.

Alternatively a cup mut pulled tight to the bell, like a Denis Wick adjustable cup, is a good idea.

Expect a couple of video reviews soon!

Bryan

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Re: practice mutes - recommendations?
on: June 19, 2011, 18:44

I have a Best Brass and a Wallace Collection.

The Best Brass is really small and very quiet. It does have fair resistance though, which some people don't like so much. I was fortunate to get one cheap when they were first in the UK, several years ago. I understand that they are now quite expensive.

The Wallace Collection practice mute is great. It's a little larger and louder than the Best Brass but has a movable bolt in the bottom which can be used to adjust the resistance. It plays really well in tune in all registers.

I tend to use the Best Brass when I'm travelling. The quietness of it is great for hotel room practice and it's size is a bonus too. When I'm practising earlier/later in the day at home I lean towards the Wallace - still quiet enough and I have it adjusted to feel more like blowing open horn.

You can check out the Wallace Collection mutes at http://www.glenn-munro.com/userimages/procart10.htm. According to the listings there, the mute I have is the "M17 Trumpet Studio Practice Mute" - they have a couple of other versions too.

Jon

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Re: practice mutes - recommendations?
on: June 19, 2011, 23:32

I have a Denis Wick practice mute which I'm using a bit lately. The problem with it though is that it seems too easy to play in terms of resistance, so that the first few minutes back on the horn without the mute feels difficult in comparison. Jo-Ral copper harmon also works, but it's heavy.

So thanks for the tips guys - I will look into your suggestions!

Do you have any experience with a Yamaha Silent Brass mute?

Mike

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Re: practice mutes - recommendations?
on: June 20, 2011, 00:07

I do, Jon. I bet Bryan does too.

They are very quiet, but for me VERY resistant. It is nice to be able to pick and choose a mute (though my SB is gone - lost) for its resistance characteristics.

I have a Wallace - they are well made, the slidy tube is great, but they can over-cook your chops, or rather you can over cook your chops playing on it for too long. I fear my practice today did that on the Humes and Berg... 2 hours on a practice mute. No matter.

I do really like the 2 I mentioned before, but I like more open mutes. The Bremner is amazingly light - you just can't help but like that about it!!

Bryan

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Re: practice mutes - recommendations?
on: June 21, 2011, 00:04

I used a Silent Brass for some time. I stopped using the amp/headphones part about 2 days after getting it though. That thing was ruinous to my chops! I didn't mind the mute on it's own - a resistance level I could cope with and pretty quiet. However, I then got the Best Brass. At the time I was towards the beginning of the Rat Pack tour I did for 5 years and was pleased to find anything that saved space when packing!

Actually the Best Brass is designed by the same chap who designed the original Silent Brass mutes - he left Yamaha and went on to start Best Brass. An interesting aside...

DavidRober-
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Re: practice mutes - recommendations?
on: June 21, 2011, 15:38

Trumcor Lyric Stealth is pretty good - less back pressure (resistance)compared with Wick, Bach and Yamaha. For me it was the bast balance between resistance and volume. It comes in a large bell version (Monette) which fits my Schilke X3 nicely. Their customer service is great as well. They sent me a couple of different models to try and said just to send back the ones I didn't want.

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