[Trombone-l] more about buckets - make your own

[Mikel K. Smith]

Checked them out, and I like the design.  Also noticed on the slidebone site
that Pfieffer makes a very similar one, with price in the same stratospheric
neighborhood... I guess you get what you pay for though.  Time to start
saving my pennies.  Of course, if I got one of them, any chance of ever
matching the rest of the section would be lost.


Mikel

-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond Horton [mailto:rayhorton at insightbb.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:18 AM
To: Adrian Drover
Cc: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu; Wayne Dyess
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] more about buckets - make your own

From: "Wayne Dyess" <TexasTbone at gt.rr.com>

>
>> I gotta tell ya, I am not one of those Jo-Ral fans.  I had to look
>> before I commented.  I have one of those gosh-awful things.  I HATE
>> the sound... I hate the look... I hate the feel.
>
>
Adrian Drover wrote:

> I have to agree.  I don't have one.  I hope I never have to buy one.
> The younger guys seem to be buying these awful things.  They just
> don't sound like a bucket mute.  I'm still using my hand made Peter
> Gane (London) mutes. Beautiful to play.  In tune.  Feel nice.  Sound
> nice.  Well made to last a lifetime if you treat them right.  The
> bucket fits inside the bell.  None of those awful clips to fiddle
> with.  Are these mutes still available?
>
> A.
>


Googled them, and they are widely available, esp. in the UK, such as:


http://www.rosemusic.co.uk/cgi-bin/display.asp?what=peter&item=0&header=Pete
r%20Gane%20Mutes


in the US you can "inquire" at:


http://www.slidebone.com/mutes.html


RBH



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