clear-tone mute / solo-tone mute - Page 2

patdublc · 04-26-2008, 07:46 AM

Wizard of Oz calls for solotone must on one piece. I used the Humes & Berg stonelined clear tone mute for the part just last night.

pat

miles71 · 04-30-2008, 02:53 PM

I seem to remember Chicago having Solotone stuff.

TD

Ed Kennedy · 05-05-2008, 11:24 PM

I have a vintage Shastock Solotone which I dearly love. Has anybody tried the Walt Johnson "Gatsby?"

brassmojo · 05-24-2008, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kadleck

Ed -

I have tried Walt's version. It plays nice, but they are hard to find. Borrowed one but had to give it back.

Tony

Tony --- Horntrader.com in L.A. sells the Johnson solotone. You are right, it's a better mute than the H&B.

John
SF Bay Area

gchun · 05-25-2008, 03:23 PM

Kevin Seeley (seeleymusic.com) has the Johnson Gatsby. I just got one but haven't tried it out yet. I haven't tried the HB, so I wouldn't have anything to compare it to.

Garry

lawyered22 · 07-07-2009, 03:36 AM

I'm playing in the pit for Chicago the next few weeks. The lead book calls for it in at least 15 of the charts, but I don't have one and can't get one before our dresses start. The good (relative term) news is my second player can't get one either, but we need to use something - what mute does a solotone's sound most closely resemble?

nieuwguyski · 07-07-2009, 04:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawyered22

I'm playing in the pit for Chicago the next few weeks. The lead book calls for it in at least 15 of the charts, but I don't have one and can't get one before our dresses start. The good (relative term) news is my second player can't get one either, but we need to use something - what mute does a solotone's sound most closely resemble?

Harmon, with the stem in. You might even try extending the stem some. The solotone would be louder though; it's primary advantage. I play in a big band that has hand-written transcriptions of some of the old standards that may never have been published. Ignoring the legality of all that, there are a number of old arrangements (it seems like quite a few of them are Sinatra/Nelson Riddle charts) that pit a section of harmon-muted trumpets against the rest of the band in full wail. This may have worked in the recording studio, and may have worked in a live setting with sensitive musicians (who through some quirk of fate happen to play any other instrument than trumpet), but in our band it's a guarantee that the trumpets will be buried. Every member of our trumpet section owns a solotone (or knock-off thereof), and we're not afraid to use them.

kadleck · 07-08-2009, 11:42 AM

I agree with John. Harmon with stem (slightly extended) will be the closest thing to a solotone/cleartone mute.

Tony

jonbarnes · 07-09-2009, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kadleck

Ed -

I have tried Walt's version. It plays nice, but they are hard to find. Borrowed one but had to give it back.

Tony

Tony,

You probably already checked Rod Baltimore's store, but last time I went there to look for the Walt Johnson cup mute, he had a couple of the Gatsby mutes. No cups, sadly, but Gatsbys galore. Maybe there are still some there?

Jon

Larry Jess · 07-12-2009, 02:23 PM

We are currently performing a run of "The Producer's" at Coeurd'Alene Summer Theater in Coeurd'Alene, Idaho. It calls for a solo-tone in the 1st Trumpet part.

Larry Jess
Principal Trumpet
Spokane Symphony
CST Orchestra Contractor

04-26-2008, 07:46 AM	#11
patdublc Pianissimo User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Salisbury, MD Posts: 155	Re: clear-tone mute / solo-tone mute Wizard of Oz calls for solotone must on one piece. I used the Humes & Berg stonelined clear tone mute for the part just last night. pat

04-30-2008, 02:53 PM	#12
miles71 Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 562	Re: clear-tone mute / solo-tone mute I seem to remember Chicago having Solotone stuff. TD __________________ NYTC Stage 1 Endorsing Artist www.domenicomusic.com

05-05-2008, 11:24 PM	#13
Ed Kennedy Piano User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 299	Re: clear-tone mute / solo-tone mute I have a vintage Shastock Solotone which I dearly love. Has anybody tried the Walt Johnson "Gatsby?"

05-25-2008, 03:23 PM	#15
gchun Pianissimo User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 153	Re: clear-tone mute / solo-tone mute Kevin Seeley (seeleymusic.com) has the Johnson Gatsby. I just got one but haven't tried it out yet. I haven't tried the HB, so I wouldn't have anything to compare it to. Garry

07-07-2009, 03:36 AM	#16
lawyered22 New Friend Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1	Re: clear-tone mute / solo-tone mute I'm playing in the pit for Chicago the next few weeks. The lead book calls for it in at least 15 of the charts, but I don't have one and can't get one before our dresses start. The good (relative term) news is my second player can't get one either, but we need to use something - what mute does a solotone's sound most closely resemble?

07-08-2009, 11:42 AM	#18
kadleck Artist in Residence Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: new york Posts: 686	Re: clear-tone mute / solo-tone mute I agree with John. Harmon with stem (slightly extended) will be the closest thing to a solotone/cleartone mute. Tony

07-12-2009, 02:23 PM	#20
Larry Jess New Friend Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 8	Re: clear-tone mute / solo-tone mute We are currently performing a run of "The Producer's" at Coeurd'Alene Summer Theater in Coeurd'Alene, Idaho. It calls for a solo-tone in the 1st Trumpet part. Larry Jess Principal Trumpet Spokane Symphony CST Orchestra Contractor

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