[Trombone-l] Bass Trombone Cup Mute Recommendations

[Bryce Ferguson]

H&B makes a couple different sizes of Bbone cups for the different bell
throat sizes out there. I needed a large throat model for my Bach 50 but the
Getzen may in fact take the standard throat. Just pays to double check so
you don't get the wrong one and either have it float inside the bell or hang
out about a mile.

-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu
[mailto:trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu] On Behalf Of Eric &
Candice Swanson
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 10:39 AM
To: Bone List
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bass Trombone Cup Mute Recommendations

Moran, Doug wrote:

>Hi Folks,
>
>I need to buy a bass trombone cup mute.  Looking around I see (in no 
>particular order):
>
>- Jo Ral (adjustable and non-adjustable)
>- Denis Wick (adjustable)
>- Humes & Berg
>- Trumcor Classical
>- Trumcor
>
>  
>
Doug,

I say buy the Humes and Berg (Stonelined) mute and use all the money you'll
save to pay for a good lesson or a few cases of beer.  The Stonelined is the
standard cup mute in the business and it works and sounds fine.  No need to
pay $100 for a mute.  Just make sure you get the "Large bore bass trombone"
size or whatever they are calling it nowadays.  Just make sure it is the
biggest one they make.  They used to have one that they called the "bass
trombone" size, but it really just fits the 88H and 42B size horns.  You
must get the largest one they make.

(Note:   This only applies to Stonelined cup mutes.  For a straight mute 
you will have to go with an aluminum mute like the Tom Crown, Wick, or Jo
Ral.)

Eric Swanson

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