[Trombone-l] WARM-UP WITH MUTE?

[Phil Brink]

Is the mute you mention the "WARM-UP" designed by Shinji Hamanaga, Japan?

They look good but pricey? Oh my, yes!

Phil Brink

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Monroe" <monroe.john at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Chris Tune" <crtune at adelphia.net>
Cc: <trombone-l at samford.edu>; "Denton Thomas" <dentonlt at usa.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] WARM-UP WITH MUTE?


> Dear All,
> 
> At the last ITF my buddy Billy Robinson came upon the "Best Brass"  
> mute for tenor and bass bones sold at slidebone.com.  I bought one on  
> his recommendation and use it often.  It's pricey but has several big  
> advantages:
> 
> 1.  It's light
> 2.  It's got good frequency response from pedal tones through double F.
> 3.  It's a tiny bit (a few dB) louder than the SIlent Brass, and a  
> LOT less bulky.
> 4.  It protrudes from your bell about a half-inch, thus providing  
> possible travel protection similar to the styrofoam cone suggested by  
> Doug Yeo.  You can practice in a hotel room with it without  
> disturbing the neighbors.
> 5.  It allows you to warm up in a room with other members of your  
> group without drowning out the conversation of the others.  For an  
> amateur player like me, who plays a lot of brass chamber music, this  
> is a very nice benefit.  It lets warmup and socializing go on  
> simultaneously!
> 
> You can check it out and buy it at <<  http://www.slidebone.com/ 
> mutes.html  >>
> 
> John Monroe
> 
> On Mar 5, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Chris Tune wrote:
> 
>> Also, I'd point out that "necessary" can come up unexpectedly.   If  
>> you are
>> travelling on a gig or clinic, or so forth, and you find there is  
>> no place
>> which is sound proofed for you to warm up, you may now need to  
>> consider a
>> practice mute.  In doing gigs in Vegas, it always seems I'm time  
>> constrained
>> such that late night is the only likely practice time.  I'll therefore
>> practice in the hotel room and I don't want to bug the neighbors  
>> through the
>> all-too-thin walls.   Thus "Silent Brass" time. . .gets so I don't  
>> have to
>> think twice about this now.
>>
>> I make it a point to always have the Yamaha Silent Brass with me  
>> (it lives
>> with all the other mutes in my mute bag).  An added plus would be  
>> to carry
>> the patch cords needed to plug this together with some audio source  
>> with
>> MMO-type audio (e.g. Aebersolds. . .piano accomp parts on recording).
>>
>> Note also, that you can partly improve the sound of this system by  
>> attaching
>> a top quality in-ear monitor, like the Ultimate Ears units.  These are
>> expensive, but they produce much better bass response and generally  
>> better
>> audio quality than the ear buds provided by Yamaha.  Doesn't do  
>> anything
>> though, about the inadequate reverb on the Yam unit.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Denton Thomas" <dentonlt at usa.net>
>> To: <trombone-l at samford.edu>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:30 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] WARM-UP WITH MUTE?
>>
>>
>>> I've decided it does funny things with my sound, especially if  
>>> it's the
>>> first thing of the day.
>>>
>>> Only when necessary.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Denton
>>>
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>>>
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