[Trombone-l] WARM-UP WITH MUTE?

[John Monroe]

Yes, that's the one ... and it is pricey.  Maybe the list members can  
talk Ivan the owner into a Trombone-L discount for a volume purchase!

John

On Mar 5, 2006, at 2:50 PM, Phil Brink wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> DentonLT at usa.net / dentonlt.com
>>>> +1.512.680.7395
>>>>
>>>>
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