silent brass system for euphonium

elimia · Post by **elimia** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:49 pm

Is it totally silent, or does it resemble the muffled sound of a practice mute?

You may see me WTB soon in FS...

TMurphy · Post by **TMurphy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:55 pm

Two of my college roommates were Euph players. One played a Willson, and preferred the Willson sound. The other played a besson. He preferred the Besson sound.

One had a Silent Brass mute (no electronics). He preferred it because it was the quiestest mute he's seen (not totally silent, but very quiet).

The other had a Denis Wick practice mute. He preferred it, because it played a little more open than the Silent Brass. But was louder.

Ironically, both played the same mouthpiece--SM2. One preferred gold plating, the other silver.

Tim "the choices are all personal" Murphy

elimia · Post by **elimia** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:25 pm

I'm interested in the electronic mute. I would like to move back upstairs out of my basement and would purchase this if it works. I currently have a Humes and Berg practice mute and it isn't quiet enough for me.

Bob Mosso · Post by **Bob Mosso** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:18 am

Question about the silent brass system, does the mute work the same without the electronics? Or, do the electronics cancel the sound similar to those Bose headphones?

Bob

adamfrey · Post by **adamfrey** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:54 pm

I have both the Denis Wick and the Yamaha Silent Brass. I think the nicest thing about the Silent Brass is that it is both very quiet and quite free blowing. I found that the Dennis Wick has more back pressure (I actually use it for muscle training and endurance building).

For me, I do not use the electronic box with the Silent brass that often as I do not have the time to play with it, but it is great fun all the things you can do with it.

Adam Frey
www.euphonium.com