wiseone2

!2 St. Mutes-metal, plastic and fiber.
6 Cup Mutes-H&B, Wick and Shastock.....dumbone2 gave away 2 Ray Robinsons
6 Harmon Mutes- Emo, Jo-Ral and No Name
3 Solotone Mutes- Shastock and H&B
4 Bucket Mutes-H&B and Jo-Ral
4 Piccolo Mutes-2 St. and 2 Harmon
35 mutes total.......and that's not counting the contents of those mystery cases in the back of the closet
How many do you have?
Wilmer

student trumpet

That is quite a list Mr Wise

my list is a little shorter

1 st. mute: Vacchiano

total 1

it is hard for me to count that high

timcates

wow Wilmer - I feel much less obsessive after reading your list....

4 straights - aluminum Wick, crown and Vacchiano and a mystery mute that appears to be a handmade papier-maché straight only identified by a stamp on the side that says "by S. Florio" - sound somewhere between a cup and a straight (used it on the Artunian on a recital once)

3 cups - HB regular, Mic-A-Mute, and wick

5 harmons - jo-ral copper(x2), jo-ral aluminum, harmon brand copper, and a shew soloist

2 buckets - HB and a jo-ral

1 pixie

2 rubber plungers - large and small

2 silent brass practice mutes (Bb and piccolo)

I think that's it - here's two questions for you: how do you store/transport your mutes? if you go on a call and don't know a lot of details about what you're playing, how much of your aresenal (mutes AND horns) do you bring to the gig?

TC

(edited to include the papier-maché mute that I found in my office)

trumpetmike

Let's start with the ones I can see from here - the Eb mutes

Denis Wick Eb Straight
Denis Wick Eb Cup (I actually have two of these, due to various reasons - if anyone wants a brand new, unused one - let me know)
Denis Wick Eb Practice

Also on shelves and floor, within sight of here
Denis Wick Euphonium Mute
Denis Wick Trombone Straight Mute (gold bottom - 1 of a kind)
Denis Wick Bass Trombone Straight Mute (gold bottom - 1 of a kind)

Will update this later when I find out what is lurking in the boot (trunk) of the car - where my mutes tend to live.

I have a nasty feeling I am going to end up making Wilmer's list seem very short and concise - although some of them I do have good reasons for, which I might even explain.

Now, where did I leave the car?



UPDATE - Well, I've found the piccolo mute bag

Jo-Ral Copper Bottom Straight Mute
Denis Wick Straight Mute
Tom Crown Copper Straight Mute
Marcus Bonna Cup Mute
Tom Crown Aluminium Cup Mute
Tom Crown Harmon Mute
Denis Wick Practice Mute

I have also found the box of mutes for sale:

1 x Denis Wick Practice Mute - £15
3 x Denis Wick Wooden Straight Mute - £23 each
1 x Denis Wick Eb Adjustable Cup Mute - £20
1 x Denis Wick Metal Straight Mute - £15
1 x Denis Wick Plunger Mute - £10

I also have a number (20!) of slightly small Bb practice mutes - NOT Eb practice mutes. These were a batch that were made using the wrong measurements. They work well, but are very close fitting on some bells and actually touch the metal on others. With an added layer of cork or foam they work quite well - could be a cheap alternative for those who find the regular practice mutes too expensive.
These are being sold for £5 each.


Now - where did I leave the rest of them?

BigBadWolf

Straight
Denis Wick
JoRal
Tom Crown - Aluminum
Tom Crown - Brass Bottom
Tom Crown - All Copper
Hickman Sotto Voce
Chicago Mute
Trumcor - Lyric
Humes and Berg
Marcus Bona
Yamaha - Copper Bottom

Cup
Denis Wick
Tom Crown
Humes and Berg

Harmon
Harmon
JoRal Bubble - Aluminum
JoRal Bubble - Copper

Bucket
JoRal
Humes and Berg

Practice
Denis Wick
Yamaha Silent Brass

Piccolo
Denis Wick Straight
Stomvi Straight - Brass
Tom Crown Straight

Other
Humes and Berg - Pixie
A couple fo plungers

dizforprez

Straight
Denis Wick
Tom Crown - Brass Bottom
Humes and Berg
Bach Plastic

Cup
Humes and Berg

Harmon
Humes and Berg
JoRal Bubble

Bucket
JoRal
Humes and Berg

Practice
Yamaha Silent Brass

Piccolo
Humes and Berg Straight (copper)

Other
A plunger from the hardware store [and one pixe mute]

trumpet blower88

Wow, I used to think I had alot...

Straight:
Humes and Berg (the red and white wooden one)
Tom Crown (aluminum)

Cup:
Humes and Berg (the red and white wooden one)

Plunger:
4 1/2 inch
5 inch

Harmon:
Harmon

Practice:
One I made from an old air freshoner, telephone listener, and an old walkman

7 total, plus anything else I can think of sticking in my bell...

bas

Yikes!! Feeling a bit mute challenged now....

Straight Mutes
Tom Crown Copper bottom
Vachianno
Humes and Berg Straight

Cup Mutes
H & B Cup (my Basie cup)
JoRal aluminum
Denis Wick adjustable

Harmon Mutes
Old Harmon Brand in copper
Shew soloist
JoRal aluminum
JoRal copper

Plunger mute
One that I 've had for twenty years customized to mt ear

Pixie
H & B

Bucket Mutes
Humes & Berg red and white
Softone

Hmmmm.....I don't feel all that badly now....[/u]

trickg

Geeze, am I behind the times?

1 Tom Crown Aluminum Straight - good condition
1 Tom Crown Aluminum Straight - poor condition
1 $1.25 plunger
1 EMO harmon mute - poor condition
1 Humes and Berg Derby

I had a couple of other mutes in my posession but they weren't really mine and I turned them in when I ETSed from the National Guard Band a few weeks ago. They were a Denis Wick adjustable cup and a Jo-Ral aluminum bubble mute.

If I ever start gigging in a big band again, I'm going to have to get at least one cup mute and probably another harmon mute, probably a Jo-Ral.

Solar Bell

1 H & B Cup 30 yrs old

1 Harmon all copper harmon

1 Tom Crown straight all copper

1 H & B Bucket 30+ yrs old. They just sound better

1 H & B Pixie 30+ yrs old, the old heavy copper ones with a brass bottom, don't make them any more. Took off the paint and buffed it. Gorgeous! and that great metallic sound.

1 H & B Solo tone-- painted a cool blue to match my old stand fronts.

1 H & B Tuxedo plunger

1 H & B Derby, replaces the metal one someone took off with.

1 olbligatory Crown Royal bag.

Only eight, I'm not doing my part I guess.
-cw-