Best/Favorite Tuba Mute?

dmmorris · Post by **dmmorris** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:06 pm

I've used both the Nate Griffith and the and the Wick on my B&S 4/4.

The Wick was the best by a long-shot. Better intonation, less stuffy, better "tuba-sound".

Regards,

dm "who freely uses a mute almost exclusively to help make weird tuba sounds" morris

Thomas Maurice Booth · Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:23 pm

Those Tennessee Tech mutes are badass.

JCradler · Post by **JCradler** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:56 pm

Schlipfinger mutes.

tuba-mute.com

Austrian, really sturdy.

Best I've ever played on. If you can swing the $, you'll love it. They have several styles, including a travel model that disassembles to fit inside your bell entirely for placement in the hard case, it sounds great as well.

Chadtuba · Post by **Chadtuba** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:36 pm

Another vote for the Denis Wick mutes. Have one for my tuba and my euph and love them.

Henry Gertcher · Post by **Henry Gertcher** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:49 pm

I remember reading a great post that detailed how to create your own tuba mute. Personally I have very little skill with regards to building anything so I have not tried to make my own. I thought I remembered seeing a website someone made about how they made a tuba mute but I could not seem to find the post. Does any one remember this or am I crazy?

In college I borrowed my friends mute from time to time. I think it was a H&B but that was many beers ago. Oops, I meant years. The H&B seem to be pretty popular as well as the Dennis Wick mutes. Just remember that all mutes are a trade off of sound, volume and intonation.

Good luck.

Henry Gertcher

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:30 pm

Hey, Henry - I don't think this is the article you are referring to, but it's along the same lines and good reading as well:
http://www.tubanews.com/articles/contentid-68.html

JayW · Post by **JayW** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:01 am

I would have to put in a strong reccomendation for Ron Apperson's mutes.. They sound great and are very much in tune.

WoodSheddin · Post by **WoodSheddin** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:33 am

SoundMinistries wrote:Another vote for the Denis Wick mutes. Have one for my tuba and my euph and love them.

Wick mutes here

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:29 pm

H&B...Wick...H&B...Wick -- I can't decide. I guess eventually I'll have to get one of each. Wick is superlative. Period. H&B stonelined actually gets you a different usable tone, without sounding either simply muffled on one hand or like a toy trumpet on the other. After that, it's your favorite flavor du jour.

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