I second Valerie's recommendation of the H&B tunable mute. After losing my standard H&B about a year ago, I got the tunable model and have been 100% satisfied. It has what I consider a true muted horn tone rather than the dull muffled sound of the standard H&B. For example, it is perfect for the muted passages in The Pines of Rome (which happens to be on the program for our next orchestra concert). Also, being easily tunable, it leaves no excuse for playing muted passages out-of-tune. (I play a Yamaha 667VS.)
Richard in NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "valerie wells" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:18 PM Subject: [Hornlist] New Mute Advice Wanted >I play a Holton Merker and I really like my Humes & Berg tunable mute (the > big awkward conical one). It has an even tone & response in all the > registers. My horn mentor, a semi-retired professional, was so impressed > with my Humes & Berg, he bought one for himself and dumped the straight > mute > he'd been using for nearly half a century. > > Hope this helps. > > Valerie Wells > http://www.beforhorn.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/rlsaylor%40windstream.net > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
