jcstites

Not enough, as soon as i have $ i am planning on buying a ton of them

I have:

Dennis Wick Straight
Dennis WIck Cup
Stonelined straight, cup (never use them anymore)
Copper harmon harmon
crown royal bag
stoneline "sh sh quiet"
Yamaha Silent brass
Trum Cor Lyric
3 plungers, lol

Ive never not had a mute that wouldnt do the job with that list.

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sublmbadfish

St.
Denis Wick
H&B

Cup
Denis Wick Adj.

Harmon
Jo Ral Bubble (al.)

Practice
Denis Wick adj with the cup all the way in

Plunger
normal sink kind

Crown Royalish bag (same idea diffrent booze)

Bryan_sop_trumpet

Wow, my collection of mutes seems tiny compared to some of you guys!!

Straight:

Denis Wick Bb
Denis Wick Eb/D/Sop
Humes & Berg Pixie
Unknown brand cheap and nasty (emergency when I forgot DW)

Cup:
Denis Wick Adjustable Bb
Tom Crown Eb/D
Denis Wick Adjustable Eb/D

Practice:
Denis Wick Bb

Harmon:
Denis Wick

Plunger:
Humes & Berg

Bucket:
Humes and Berg (Currently covered in mud because of a gig in a particularly soggy field)

I did have a H&B buzz wow but saw absolutely no reason to keep it and stuck it on ebay

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Trumpet - Strong Brass Quintet
Trumpet - Disco Inferno
Trumpet - Harmony in Harlem
Soprano Cornet - City of Cambridge Brass Band

GetzenK700

one is all i need for now...i have my clasic tom crown straight mute

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Straight mutes
Tom Crown - copper bottom (this is my favourite -esp for classical)
Harmon alluminium (hardly use it - not great!)
H and B
Bach black plastic
Hickman's Sotto Voce - this is a lovely quiet mute.

Cups
Denis Wick adjustable cup - fave for classical/Brass band style
H and B - use for Big Band and shows

Harmon
Harmon alluminium! - I like the weight and the sound, although I have to be careful with the intonation - it has lots and lots of dents and I am sure that it plays better for this

Practice
Denis Wick - don't use it much though - I like to practise without a mute and only use a mute when the piece says to!

I keep them all in Crown Royal Bags, and have occasionaly experimented using the Crown Royal Bag as a mute!

Graham.

highbrass

Wow! You all have quite an arsenal of mutes there. My shortlist is as follows:

Tom Crown beryllium copper bottom straight mute
Stoneline straight mute
Hickman Sotto Voce straight mute (so pretty and so delicate)

Stoneline cup mute

Alessi/Vacchiano/LeBlanc (whatever the brand is) aluminum harmon w/ stem

Yamaha Silent Brass practice mute

(RIP) Rubber plunger (forgot that those things do deteriorate over time...)


...and only two French Horn mutes thusfar:

Tom Crown stop mute

Stoneline straight mute

There are some beautiful wood FH mutes by Ion Balu (at http://www.ionbalu.com). I would hate to have anything happen to them (were I to pick up one). Maybe someday, I shall own one...(next paycheck??)


Liz

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Bill Dishman

I had to do a list for insurance purposes and included mute list along with the instrument list.

Got depressed when I realized the total on mutes equalled a medium priced horn!

I don't use most of them but it is like a CD collection. Even if you don't listen to every one often, it's nice to know you can when desired and they will be at your finger tips.

Bill Dishman
Gainesville, Florida