Which Mute Would You Want?

VifMusic · New Member Joined: 19 Jan 2015 Posts: 2

Hello All!

I frequent these forums quite often and thought you all could lend a helping hand.

I'm trying to start up a small side business selling music accessories and would love your honest feedback. I'm starting a trumpet mute line, but need your help to decide which would be the most popular for my first product!

The survey below is one question and should only take 10 seconds. I would really appreciate your help and I apologize for some of the image quality in the survey!

Thanks in advance guys and gals

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AyH9JiLvjpZw333GuetV0erwVvoCS9-5A_5t9C6SFmM/viewform

deleted_user_1dac1c5 · New Member Joined: 03 Apr 1996 Posts: 0

Just a thought, but in terms of cork preference, I personally really like the way Shastock did it with their straight mutes. Rather than the three corks, they had a bunch of little tiny corks. For me personally, this always fit the best in bell, and I never have to fog up the bell first. Just my 2 cents.

homebilly · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:23 pm Post subject:

the free one
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cheiden · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:10 pm Post subject:

Most trumpet players will first need is a straight mute, well before they need any other. The most popular are metal with most being aluminum though there are many who prefer copper bottom or all copper. Also many are not metallic but fiber. I don't see too much use of all brass. Color, independent of material, is nothing but a novelty.

Cork arrangement is somewhat mute dependent. Straights typically have 3 separate corks while practice and Harmon-type have one continuous cork. You can't to my knowledge have a single continuous cork on a straight without turning it into a practice mute.

If you were to appeal to a more expert audience regarding straight mutes, you'd have to ask not about material, color and corks but instead...
- Tone
- Intonation
- Volume
If your mutes don't perform in these metrics no one here is going to use or recommend them.
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VifMusic · New Member Joined: 19 Jan 2015 Posts: 2

wiemelen · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:30 am Post subject:

How about a bubble mute (Harmon) that doesn't fall out?
Aren't many of those around

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Crazy Finn · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:13 am Post subject:

Personally, I like mutes that sound good and could care less about the color.

It's fine to ask, I suppose. It's like asking what's your favorite car color. However, I'd rather have a tan pickup (my least favorite color for vehicles) than a vehicle I dislike in red.

The material of a straight mute often makes a difference in the sound.
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Mike Prestage · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:57 am Post subject:

Are the photos in your survey just to illustrate the colours and corks or are they the actual mutes your'e planning on selling? They look suspiciously like the cheap Asian-made mutes that are all over Ebay to me.

Mike