Hi all
The title of this thread is self explanatory really. I have taken time out of regular at home practicing and am hoping to get back into it, but am not confident enough to practice without a mute and am looking for recommendations regarding a mute.
I am debating either a Humes and Berg practice or cup mute, what are your thoughts?
Many thanks
If it's purely a practice mute you are after I would recommend a Bremmer Sshhmute.
Markham Main Colliery Band www.mmcb.co.uk
Agree that the Bremmer sssshhhh practice mute is excellent - amazing sound attenuation, and fairly good intonation.
Can't comment on the Humes and Berg cup mute - but the McLean cup mute is first-rate. Good intonation, and a very authentic cup-mute sound.... but not cheap.
The Wick aluminium straight mute is so-so. The Jo-Ral copper-bottomed bubble mute is fun for jazz - but rather difficult to keep in tune, and not really suitable for Band work.
One might ask why you want to mute such a beautiful instrument as a flugel....
Last edited by oleredeye; 17.02.2012 at 20:25. Reason: amplification
Because some composers seem to think it is a good idea?Originally Posted by oleredeye
(they are wrong, we all know this)
A hard case!
Another thing with flugel mutes is "try-before-you-buy" - reason being because there is less standardisation of flugel bell size/profile than with cornets/trumpets, and not all flugel mutes will fit all makes of flugel. A specific example being, the H&B Flugel Cup is too small for the bell of a Getzen Eterna flugel - I know this because I was once forced to drink three bottles of wine in order to accumulate enough cork to carry out the modifications necessary to make it fit ...
Gareth J. Green
MD The Egham Band
"The top Eb is not the hardest note in the Haydn trumpet concerto; it's the note after that'll make you look a pillock ... "James Watson (1951-2011)
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