[Trombone-l] Harmon Mute

[Stan Brager]

So far, I've received a lot of responses to my question. There seems to be
no simple answer to my question. I'm a new amateur trombonist who has taken
many lessons and I belong to 2 bands. One is the Burbank Community Band
which plays light music for affairs of the city of Burbank. It's essentially
a concert band and our music seldom calls for a mute. When it does, it can
be either a straight or a cup mute. The other is a jazz ensemble class at
Valley campus of the Los Angeles City College. Here the call is for either a
straight, cup or plunger mute. There are also calls for bucket mutes but
none of the trombones has one.

While the Harmon includes the plunger mute, I'll play my Home Depot plunger.

Based upon your answers, it sounds like the Harmon would do the trick unless
there's something that I'm missing.

Thanks to all who responded.

Stan
Stan Brager
Trombonist-in-Training

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Izzo" <contrabasstrombone at yahoo.com>
To: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>; "Trombone-L"
<TROMBONE-L at server5.SAMFORD.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Harmon Mute


> Stan,
>
> --- Stan Brager <sbrager at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Having lost my straight and cup mute, I'm thinking
> > of replacing it with a
> > Harmon dual mute - it's a cup mute and the cup can
> > be removed to transform
> > it into a straight mute.
>
>
> Actually, no. You can use it that way, but it's
> original intention is of an adjustable cup mute. Some
> pieces ask for a "tight cup", others just "cup mute",
> hence the moveable bottom piece.
> A separate cup, & a separate straight still sound a
> little different than the straight part of an
> adjustable cup, esp since you referred to the
> "stonelined" (H&B) mutes, which are fibre. The
> adjustables are  metal.
> For what kind of music do you primarily play?
> For the freelance world, I find a need all mutes,
> fibre, metal, etc, & in all forms--cups, straights,
> plungers, solotones, buckets, wa-was, pixies, & a few
> more of the rarer stuff.
>
> Tom
>
>
> The advantage, as I see it,
> > is that it takes less
> > storage. The price seems to be about the same as
> > buying 2 stone-lined mutes.
> >
> > Is this a wise decision or have I gone off the deep
> > end?
> >
> > Your advice is requested.
> >
> > Thanks;
> >
> > Stan
> > Stan Brager
> > Trombonist-in-Training
> >
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