[Trombone-l] buzz-wow mute

[Earl Needham]

michael.purdy at comcast.net wrote:
> I recently did the premiere of a new work by Roger Kellaway and it 
> called for buzz wow mutes.  We checked w/ Roger and he confirmed his 
> intention was the mute that looks like a cup mute but that has 3 
> silver resonators in it.  We called Humes & Burg who told us that they 
> had stopped production several years ago and as of two years ago 
> discontinued it and cancelled all outstanding back orders.  We then 
> called every shop you can think of (Hickey's, Dillon's, Brass Wind 
> etc. etc.) and could find no one with any in stock.  We came up with 
> one guy that could loan us one but need three so we went without.
>
> Mike
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Earl Needham" <needhame1 at plateautel.net>
> To: trombone-l at samford.edu
> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:13:22 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] buzz-wow mute
>
> Tom Izzo wrote:
> <snip>    
> > Charlie, is there such a mute for Trombone? I have one for Trumpet, 
> I've never seen a buzz-wow for anything but, Trumpet.
> > You're not referring to a Harmon, correct? You want the mute that 
> looks like a cup with the sides filled in & screens on the bottom?
> >  
>     <http://www.dillonmusic.com/HeleoCart/ProductPage/HB-157.aspx>
>     Earl
    I haven't called Dillon's to see if they actually HAVE any of these, 
but it seems to me that if the thing has been out of production for two 
years, the web page should reflect that, or else not be there at all.  
Just a guess, of course.

    You might take a look at 
<http://www.dillonmusic.com/HeleoCart/ProductPage/HB-148.aspx>

    Earl

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