Practice mutes!


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Posted by Devin on August 07, 2001 at 22:28:41:

Hey, all, I was just curious as to everyone's position on using a practice mute. Today in my lesson w/ Mark F., I played the Tannhauser overture and Damnation of Faust on his Cerveny CC piggy without the mute (decently), then with the mute, then without again- and it sounded like (insert great tubist here) was playing the horn, not me. You wanna talk about 200% improvement, man... it was there. I tried it on my BBb Miraphone 186 (Mr. Finley had to hold it up to keep the sidewalls from touching the bell) and the sound was like a nice 191 BBb... clean, clear, and so broad that my entire body resonated.

Just curious as to everyone's experiences w/ mutes and why some/most people don't like them.

Devin =^)


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