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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:06 pm
by dmmorris
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
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:23 pm
by Thomas Maurice Booth
Those Tennessee Tech mutes are badass.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:56 pm
by JCradler
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.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:36 pm
by Chadtuba
Another vote for the Denis Wick mutes. Have one for my tuba and my euph and love them.
Home Made
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:49 pm
by Henry Gertcher
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
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:30 pm
by iiipopes
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
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:01 am
by JayW
I would have to put in a strong reccomendation for Ron Apperson's mutes.. They sound great and are very much in tune.
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:33 am
by WoodSheddin
SoundMinistries wrote:Another vote for the Denis Wick mutes. Have one for my tuba and my euph and love them.
Wick mutes here
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:29 pm
by iiipopes
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.