Good light weight practice mute?

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Good light weight practice mute?

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A silent brass i nice, but waving around with 6 lbs on top of the shall is without exaggerating sub optimal

If I'd like headset, I'll just use a clip-on mike/amp.

So....What's on the market that will fit different sized tubas...I'm in the marked for 1 mute :)
Melton 200 -=- Melton 2141 -=- Cerveny 883 Opera -=- Besson 992 -=- MPCs: 3pcs steel (Sellmansberger/Parker)
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I like the Trumcor practice mute. I have a very early one and it works great, even the low register responds well. The newer ones look fancier and have worked well when I try them. Light in weight, too.
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Re: Good light weight practice mute?

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Thank you Alex C.

A reasonable priced mute without any fix-fax
on top limiting it to only one or two tubas
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Re: Good light weight practice mute?

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I have an old Humes & Berg practice mute that works on all of the instruments I play. It's a compromise, as it goes in far on the 6/4 CC and sticks out quite a bit on the F, but in general it works fairly well.

I know they are tailored to fit individually sized tubas, but I use my Schlipf mute sized for a 4/4 Nirschl on my F tuba. It doesn't work well with 6/4 instruments, but it's better than the Humes & Berg for my 2 smaller horns.
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