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

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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

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.

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

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