| Thanks! I guess now that you mention it and I have thought about it a little more, mutes can be a very important part of the player's accessory kit. I have my favorites, but I'm not sure if they would be worth a darn with a Monette trumpet due to how they sound, or the size and shape of the bell.
Do you have to put custom corks on your mutes and have them properly fitted for your trumpets, and if you do this, do you do it yourself, or is this something that you have Dave do?
Also, when you make a selection for the mute that you are going to use for a particular piece, do you also take into consideration what the rest of the section is going to use, or is that something where they need to follow your lead and make their mute selections accordingly?
Back in my days as an active duty army bandsman, we had the option to go out and buy our own gear, but we were issued everthing that we would need to include trumpets, mouthpieces, mutes, lubes, etc. Since we all had more or less the same trumpets and we were all issued the same mutes, I just used whatever was issued to me, although it was in this time that I developed the preferences that I have now, although those mute preferences are very Bach-centric preferences.
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