What is this mute?
- Mhoutris
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- Joined: Jul 26, 2018
A friend of mine has a mute that I've never seen before. He doesn't know what it is either. Does anyone know what this is? Tenor and Bass straight mutes for reference.
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- cigmar
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[quote="BGuttman"]I was thinking it might be for a flugelhorn.[/quote]
Or maybe Alto Horn.
Or maybe Alto Horn.
- Mhoutris
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- Joined: Jul 26, 2018
Thanks for the insight guys. The one weird part about it is that it fits perfectly in a tenor bell.
- BGuttman
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It may fit, but how is the intonation?
The bell of a Flugelhorn, Eb Alto Horn, and Bb Tenor Horn (British Baritone) will all be quite similar to a tenor trombone bell.
The bell of a Flugelhorn, Eb Alto Horn, and Bb Tenor Horn (British Baritone) will all be quite similar to a tenor trombone bell.
- ghmerrill
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Yeah. The horn end of that mute seems to be a pretty large diameter. But it also isn't exactly the shape of any bariton/euphonium/tuba mute I've ever seen (which tend to be longer relative to the diameter than this mute appears).
- brassmedic
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Is it possible it was cut down by a previous owner? None of my metal mutes have a rolled over edge like that. The only mutes I've ever seen that are short like that are harmon mutes or practice mutes, and it obviously isn't either of those.