What tuba mutes do you like?
I'm afraid I have to buy one very soon. Anyone remember which ones Dillon carry in stock?
The dreaded mute
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glangfur
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This is gonna sound crazy, but it's true.
I've just finished a 3-weekend tour, sitting next to John Manning (Atlantic Brass Quintet, formerly teacher at UMass Amherst, starting at U. of Iowa), playing a pretty heavy summer orchestral program. He didn't have room to bring a mute for the passages from Stravinsky's Firebird, so he bought a big metal dogfood dish for $3.99 and simply used that, holding it above the bell a little bit.
It sounded GREAT.
Better than any tuba mute I've ever heard.
He had to experiment a little to find where to hold it for intonation (which varied a little for different regiosters of the horn), but it sounded fantastic, metallic like a good metal trombone mute...just great.
I've just finished a 3-weekend tour, sitting next to John Manning (Atlantic Brass Quintet, formerly teacher at UMass Amherst, starting at U. of Iowa), playing a pretty heavy summer orchestral program. He didn't have room to bring a mute for the passages from Stravinsky's Firebird, so he bought a big metal dogfood dish for $3.99 and simply used that, holding it above the bell a little bit.
It sounded GREAT.
Better than any tuba mute I've ever heard.
He had to experiment a little to find where to hold it for intonation (which varied a little for different regiosters of the horn), but it sounded fantastic, metallic like a good metal trombone mute...just great.
Gabe Langfur
Bass Trombonist
Rhode Island Philharmonic
Vermont Sympony
Lecturer of Bass Trombone, Boston University
Guest Artist/Teacher in Trombone, U of RI
S. E. Shires Co.
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Bass Trombonist
Rhode Island Philharmonic
Vermont Sympony
Lecturer of Bass Trombone, Boston University
Guest Artist/Teacher in Trombone, U of RI
S. E. Shires Co.
gabe@seshires.com" target="_blank" target="_blank
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Aaron
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what a great idea
i think that is a great idea. I am going to the store right away. The metallic buzz of a trombone or trumpet mute is what i have always wanted in a piece such as firebird, but cant seem to get on a regular "made for tuba mute". Thanks Gabe, see you around Boston sometime.