[Trombone-l] mutes

[David W. Buckley]

Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry. John Graham's seems to be the 
most definitive. Eric Swanson's seems the most useful since I definitely am 
not going to buy a derby and a derby stand for about 16 bars.

Again, thanks to all.

Dave.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Graham" <jmg at eml.cc>
To: "Eric Swanson" <boneman88 at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "Trombone List" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] mutes


> >From the Tom Crown web site:
>
> "What type of mute does one use for the Gershwin Concerto in F or An
> American in Paris? 'With felt crown' is indicated A felt crown is the 
> crown
> of a fedora hat, usually without the lining or brim. Slits are cut so the
> hat will stay on and over the bell. This gives the "jazzy" muted sound 
> that
> Gershwin must have heard from jazz trumpeters of his time."
>
> http://www.tomcrownmutes.com/learn_history.html
>
> -John
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Eric Swanson 
> <boneman88 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Feb 9, 2009, at 2:44 PM, David W. Buckley wrote:
>>
>> > Our community orchestra, Symphony Hamilton, is playing Casablanca
>> > Suite
>> > arranged by I know not who since the name is not on my copy. Twice
>> > he or she
>> > calls for a Felt Crown which I have never heard of. The point to a
>> > certain
>> > extent is moot since in one of the passages it is impossible to
>> > remove the
>> > mute unless you can convince the conductor to take a break before
>> > the next
>> > section. In rehearsal we ignored it. The conductor seemed unaware
>> > and it
>> > didn't seem to affect the music but I am curious as to what type of
>> > mute was
>> > intended.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> I agree with Walter, and vote it means "in hat".  Don't know why they
>> would use the term "Crown" for hat, but a Derby hat on a stand would
>> make sense especially since he doesn't give you any time to insert a
>> mute at that point.  If you found out what the native language of the
>> composer was, you might have some insight into the term.  "Crown"
>> could be mistranslated from some other language, and maybe he meant
>> hat or derby.  You could always play into your stand if softer is the
>> desired effect and you don't
>>  own a set of derbies and derby stands (who does?).
>>
>> Eric Swanson
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