Cotton

I have an ever growing collection of mutes. Several straight,cup,Harmon, and such. What does everyone else have in their collection, and what is considered to be the standard selection? If there is such a thing as the standard or must have.

cornetguy

I have several straight mutes Tom Crown, Wick, Jo-Ral, Montreal, Bach black Plastic, Cup, Cleartone, Harmon, (tom Crown) plunger, velvet bag, practice...

Vulgano Brother

In an orchestra that also plays pop concerts, at least two types of straight (pretty and nasty), Cup (H&B and Bach plastic for Fetes), Harmon (nasty), bucket and a felt hat for Gershwin.

We used to practice holding the straight mute behind the knee--it looks cooler than holding it between our legs.

flugelgirl

Let's see.... for the mutes I actually use, I have a Jo-Ral bubble, a Dennis Wick cup, a Tom Crown Straight, a Harmon 3-way (great for dance bands - cup is great for combo!), and a generic sink plunger. I also play a bucket mute of my own design - if things go well,I will start selling them in a few years! I also have a Tom Crown straight for picc, and life is complete with a silent brass for Bb and picc.
As for what I don't play, a Jo-Ral bucket ( a bohemoth compared to what I make!), various harmons, a jo Ral cup, stone lined cup, stone lined picc straight. Wanna make an offer on these? ;)

Cotton

I'll give you five bucks for the lot! (It was worth a shot)

piccolomaster

I currently use the Trumcor Mutes which are expensive but totally worth it. I also use other companies such as Jo-Ral, Denis Wick, Montreal, Eric Ward, Bach, Humes and Berg, Marcus Bonna to name a few. I currently own just under 30 mutes.
Anyways, here is my stock mutes that I use most of the time.
Straight-Trumcor, Jo-Ral, Marcus Bonna (plastic) & Montreal; Cup-Denis Wick and Trumcor; Harmon-Jo-Ral Copper; standard sink plunger and a Crown Royal Bag as a felt hat.

Vulgano Brother

Oops, I forgot--may favorite mute is the back of a violist's head!

jcstites

I have a lot, don't use most of them...

Straight -
Dennis Wick
Trumcor Metal, Copper bottom
Trumcor Lyric
Montreal
Sotto Voce
Jo Ral
Tom Crown Copper
MHT Black plastic
MHT Blue plastic
Bach plastic
Bach plastic with cotton balls
Humes and Berg

Cup -
Denies Wick
Humes and Berg

Harmon-
Jo Ral Bubble
Harmon Copper
Harmon Aluminum

Practice -
Shastock
Humes and Berg
Yamaha Silent Brass

Plunger-
Small Blue
Small Orange
Big Orange with hole in center

Crown Royal bags...lots!

Piccolo -
Trumcor
Tom Crown
Jo Ral


I think that is all... lol

"must haves" -
Dennis Wick Straight
Trumcor Lyric
Dennis Wick Cup
Jo Ral Bubble

If you show up to a gig with those 4 you should be fine and not get any funny looks.

bachstrad72

Straight:
Denis Wick Aluminum (2)
Alessi-Vacchiano
Tom Crown (Copper bottom, Brass Bottom, Aluminum 'C'. Brass 'C', Aluminum, Piccolo (2))
Sotto Voce
Trumcor (Lyric, Lyric Stealth, Copper Bottom)
Ray Robinson
H & B (Philharmonic and Symphonic, Pixie (2))
JoRal (Copper and Brass)
Wallace (Blue Fiber)
Bach Black Plastic

Cup:
Denis Wick
Windy City
Ray Robinson
Shastock
Tom Crown (Copper)
Trumcor
Windy City
H & B (15 Regular of differing cork lengths and scallop heights, Mica)
Trumcor

Harmon:
Harmon (Aluminum, Copper)
JoRal (Aluminum, Copper)
Windy City (Aluminum, Copper)
H & B (Piccolo, Wah-Du-All)
Bobby Shew Soloist

Solotone
H & B Cleartone (2), Mello-Wah
Shastock

Bucket:
H & B (2) Satellite
EZ Bucket
SofT mute
JoRal Aluminum

Plunger
Kirkhill 4 1/2 with a hole

I also have several Crown Royal Bags, and Trumcor Trumpet and Trombone Mute bags.

I know that I am forgetting at least a few mutes, so after I check my bag in the morning I'll try to come back and edit to get everything caught up.

My Workhorse mutes are the Wick Straight and Cup, H & B cup with untouched scallops, Mica, EZ Bucket, Copper JoRal Harmon, and the Kirkhill, although I do use all of my mutes, as they are different sounds, when appropriate. Never hurts to have as many "colors" available as possible.

Edit: I forgot my practice mutes!
Best Brass
Trumcor Super Stealth
H & B
Wick
JoRal

tutin_trumpeta

As money is an issue I have a very small collection of mutes but I'm always on the lookout for ones going cheap....

I currently own:

Straight:
Humes & Berg stone-lined
Denis Wick
Mike McClean
Vincent Bach Plastic

Cup:
Humes and Berg stone-lined
Vincent Bach plastic

Plunger:
Morrison's (UK supermarket chain) sink plunger (yellow)

Harmon:
Denis Wick
Selmer Styrotone

Practice:
Yamaha Silent Brass
Shhhhhhh! (belongs to my band technically)

and I'm awaiting a Denis Wick cup off a mate in return for some money off the trumpet I just sold him.