[Trombone-l] mute

[Graham Middleton]

That being said, David is probably playing this with large bore
tenors.  Any good cup mute (Joral, Denis Wick, Trumco, etc) should be
fine.  Even if you could fine a Robinson Cup Mute it would be a poor
fit and sound.

Graham

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:29 PM, sabutin<sabutin at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>Do any of you listers know about the
>>"Ray Robinson mute" called for in the Tomasi "Etre ou ne pas etre"????
>>I found some mutes with the Ray Robinson label, but they are just rather
>>stuffy fibre straight mutes.  I doubt this is what Tomasi had in mind.
>>Any ideas?
>>Thanks!
>>David Chamberlain
>
>
> A light and very good-playing cup mute, more than likely. Black and
> white. My favorite cup mute for jazz work. Less "mutey" than the
> Stonelined versions. You've seen myeuse it in  Dean's band. I broke
> the cup part out so that it's convertible and I use it as my
> "in-the-gig-bag", all in one mute.
>
> Not made for many years and hard to find. A regular Stonelined...not
> the Mica Mute...comes closest.
>
> Sam
>
>>
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