DIY bucket mute
- PancakePower
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Mar 15, 2019
Hi
Can someone provide the dimensions of an 8 1/2 bucket mute (clip on) want to try and make one
Can someone provide the dimensions of an 8 1/2 bucket mute (clip on) want to try and make one
- baileyman
- Posts: 1169
- Joined: Mar 24, 2018
"Dimensions" may be the wrong question.
This kind of thing is a "made to fit" operation instead of a "made to measure".
I found that something like a 6" wide bucket bottom worked for all size bells, as long as I adjusted the hook brackets to the bell size. I made something like an easybucket using food service buckets, cutting away the sides leaving material to mold for tabs using a heat gun. They sound great, but sadly no one cares what a trombone or section sounds like. Well, nearly no one.
This kind of thing is a "made to fit" operation instead of a "made to measure".
I found that something like a 6" wide bucket bottom worked for all size bells, as long as I adjusted the hook brackets to the bell size. I made something like an easybucket using food service buckets, cutting away the sides leaving material to mold for tabs using a heat gun. They sound great, but sadly no one cares what a trombone or section sounds like. Well, nearly no one.
- CharlieB
- Posts: 434
- Joined: Mar 29, 2018
The one I have....commercial, not home-made.
Diameter = 6"
Depth= 4.5"
Hook attachment to bell = 3/4" away from bucket rim.
Mute filled with synthetic cotton-like fiber batting (available at a fabric store)
Will fit on an 8.5" bell
Hope his helps.
Diameter = 6"
Depth= 4.5"
Hook attachment to bell = 3/4" away from bucket rim.
Mute filled with synthetic cotton-like fiber batting (available at a fabric store)
Will fit on an 8.5" bell
Hope his helps.
- ExZacLee
- Posts: 153
- Joined: May 09, 2018
Buy 1 Kentucky fried chicken bucket.
Buy 1-2 clothes pins.
Buy one bag of cotton balls.
Stuff cotton balls into lower half of bucket.
Attach bucket to manhassett stand using clothespins.
Voila! You now own a bucket mute.
Buy 1-2 clothes pins.
Buy one bag of cotton balls.
Stuff cotton balls into lower half of bucket.
Attach bucket to manhassett stand using clothespins.
Voila! You now own a bucket mute.
- LarryPrestonRoberson
- Posts: 201
- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
[quote="ExZacLee"]Buy 1 Kentucky fried chicken bucket.
Buy 1-2 clothes pins.
Buy one bag of cotton balls.
Stuff cotton balls into lower half of bucket.
Attach bucket to manhassett stand using clothespins.
Voila! You now own a bucket mute.[/quote]
Unused? If not a bucket that previously contained Original Recipe, or extra crspy? :lol:
Maybe you could pitch the idea to KFC to be used, in someway, in the current—somewhat morbid—commercials with various actors portraying the Colonel.
Buy 1-2 clothes pins.
Buy one bag of cotton balls.
Stuff cotton balls into lower half of bucket.
Attach bucket to manhassett stand using clothespins.
Voila! You now own a bucket mute.[/quote]
Unused? If not a bucket that previously contained Original Recipe, or extra crspy? :lol:
Maybe you could pitch the idea to KFC to be used, in someway, in the current—somewhat morbid—commercials with various actors portraying the Colonel.
- ExZacLee
- Posts: 153
- Joined: May 09, 2018
I send students to KFC, tell 'em to buy some chicken and ask for clean buckets. Works better than the real thing - don't even have to think about quick mute changes.
- PancakePower
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Mar 15, 2019
lmao it's been a few years. I forgot trombone chat existed!
Thanks for all of the help!
Thanks for all of the help!
- CalgaryTbone
- Posts: 1460
- Joined: May 10, 2018
Alan Raph once told me a story about making a Bucket Mute using the bottom part of a Chlorox Bleach bottle (the white plastic kind). He had a friend or maybe a student who was playing a Broadway show with a bunch of Bucket Mute sections, and the weight of the standard H&B Bucket was really bothering his wrist. He filled it with cotton like has been suggested previously, and I think he cut strips of plastic that were attached to the cup part and had some sort of clips at the bell area. Very lightweight.
Jim Scott
Jim Scott