[Trombone-l] Compact Practice Mute

George Butler georgebutler3rd at gmail.com
Tue Oct 2 13:32:02 CDT 2018


I have the same one, the Ferarri-red Denis Wick travel mute.  I like it too.

--George Butler, Tallinn, Estonia

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:26 PM Gil Estes via Trombone-l <
trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:

> FYI: I ended up getting the Dennis Wick compact travel mute (the red one).
> It blows freely and plays on-pitch better than all other’s I’ve tried.
>
> Thanks for the collective knowledge of all concerned…
>
> Gil Estes, director
> Atlanta Trombone Ensemble
>
> > On Oct 1, 2018, at 3:31 PM, Martin Hubel via Trombone-l <
> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
> >
> > The smallest, and in my opinion the best, practice mute is the Best Brass
> > mute. My tenor mute is small enough to remain in the bell while in the
> > case. Tuning is very good.
> >
> > I also have a Best Brass mute for my bass, but it has some electronics
> like
> > a metronome and a headphone jack that increases its length. It can't be
> > stored in the bell.
> >
> >
> > Martin Hubel
> > Professor, Bioinformatics
> > Seneca College
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 5:51 PM Art Triggs via Trombone-l <
> > trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Perfect! Lmao
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 16:20 Price Taylor <pricetaylor at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I just got a huge LOL on Amazon. They have the Denis Wick practice
> mutes
> >>> (both tenor and bass) but there's also a "subscribe and save" option.
> >>> Meaning, you would get the same mute delivered to you every month.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Art Triggs via Trombone-l <
> >>> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I use the protec mute, but also use the Yamaha silent brass mute, the
> >>>> newer
> >>>> one sits flush with the edge of the bell so it can go in my case with
> no
> >>>> problems.
> >>>> Art Triggs
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 14:16 Gil Estes via Trombone-l <
> >>>> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Practice Mute Question
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hopefully not quite as much of a hot-topic as “slide lubricant”, but
> >>>> here
> >>>>> goes…
> >>>>>
> >>>>> About to do some traveling and want a nice, compact practice mute
> that
> >>>>> will fit inside the bell while in the case. I have a Protec, and
> while
> >>>> it
> >>>>> blows okay, the pitch is over 1/4-tone sharp (i.e. F sounds like a
> >> very
> >>>>> flat F#).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any first hand observations on the Dennis Wick travel practice mute
> or
> >>>>> other suggested that you’ve used?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ready…GO
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