Thanks, Jack. You mention "tuneable" - how important is this? Since I've never used one, I don't know what it will do to the pitch, and I assume how far in it goes and how much it closes the opening must change the pitch as well.
-S- > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] du] On Behalf Of John Dutton > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 9:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Hornlist] Buying my first mute - questions > > Hi Steve, > > First off, you are correct in thinking this is the straight mute. > There are a couple of things to think about inre the mute itself. > Ideally a tunable straight mute is best but these are more expensive. > A mute is fitted to a particular horn by either sanding the > corks down so the mute inserts further into the flare or by > adding thicker cork thereby bring the mute slightly out of > the flare. The purpose of this is twofold-tuning and sound > quality. At this juncture of your son's and your fledgling > efforts I would recommend the oft maligned but never the less > functional Humes & Berg (Stonelined). Your local music shop > should have it in either the tall tunable style or the "stubby" > non-tunable style. > > Then, if you or your son continue to grow and require > something more discerning you can get into the endless > discussion of which (high end solid wood with gold gilt > letter super conducting gem encrusted this cost me an arm and > a leg and mine is better than yours so nya) mute to buy with > the money better spent on a lesson with a great teacher. Oh > yeah, to quote the inestimable Rolling Stones when they wrote > a song about the Stonelined mute..... Paint it Black. > > The Jack Attack! > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steve%40fridaysc omputer.com > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
