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Shinybear
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 Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 10:51 am Post subject: Pixie Mute |
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Hi everybody,
I've been interested in getting a pixie mute for some time now. I was hoping to find an older used one but could just get a new one. I know Humes and berg sell one(I didn't like this one). I know Tom Crown just came out with one. But does anybody else know of any? |
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benlewis
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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The best one I have found is the Denis Wick D/Eb mute. Stays in the bell, plays in tune, and sounds good...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| benlewis wrote: | The best one I have found is the Denis Wick D/Eb mute. Stays in the bell, plays in tune, and sounds good...
HTH
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Same here - much better than the H&B pixie which is more of a challenge device for "play this in tune". |
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HoltonHunter105
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I have The Harmon Mute Companies rendition of the pixie mute. They're sold new, but they're a very vintage design. I posted a link below that will take you to the website with the best price on these that I know of.
https://www.gear4music.com/us/en/Woodwind-Brass-Strings/Harmon-Trumpet-Snub-tone-Straight-Mute-Aluminium/2WX1
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Denny Schreffler
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:36 am Post subject: |
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I really like the Tom Crown Pixie. It's designed like a trombone pixie -- long insertion into the bell throat.
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giakara
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| Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:24 am Post subject: |
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| Denny Schreffler wrote: | I really like the Tom Crown Pixie. It's designed like a trombone pixie -- long insertion into the bell throat.
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I have try ALL the pixie mutes in the market , new and vintage , the best is all copper made old French pixie that it fits long inside the bell , well in tune and great resistance and sound .
The best new one is the Tom Crown , that is very close to the old French pixie https://www.thomann.de/gr/tom_crown_trumpet_pixie_alu.htm
I had try the D Wick but the sound is not even close to the old pixie/trixie sound that I heard in old recordings but this is just my opinion.
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giakara
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https://youtu.be/2vFB0QF5vxU
This is a old home recording that I use on my cornet my old long pixie with a old T Dorsey plunger.
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Denny Schreffler
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quote="trpthrld"]I bought a Tom Crown Pixie. Total waste of money. SHARP pitch, stuffy...the only good thing was I didn't pay full price.[/quote]
Yes, it's very sharp but it's in tune with itself. During a gig, I keep the mute in a dedicated horn (pulled out to pitch), hanging on a hook attached to a stand ← that might seem fussy but it makes the in-tune "mute change" instantaneous.
"Stuffy" -- not sure what you're hearing/feeling. I don't care for its sound without a plunger but it's tone and blow is pretty uniform from low F# all the way up. Each of the cornets that I have used it in have (the same) very large throat (and a small bell diameter).
We all know that we have to lessen (by filing) or increase (by replacing) the thickness of the corks to optimize a mute.
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Ed Kennedy
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The real deal was a "practice" mute that came with Conn instruments back in the '20's and 30's. It had 3 round corks and an inner tube like a solotone. Clyde McCoy recorded Sugar Blues with one with a metal ice cream dish for a plunger.
They show up on Ebay once in a while. I don't have one, wish I did. I might give the Harmon a try, the price is very reasonable. |
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giakara
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| Ed Kennedy wrote: | The real deal was a "practice" mute that came with Conn instruments back in the '20's and 30's. It had 3 round corks and an inner tube like a solotone. Clyde McCoy recorded Sugar Blues with one with a metal ice cream dish for a plunger.
They show up on Ebay once in a while. I don't have one, wish I did. I might give the Harmon a try, the price is very reasonable. |
Yes , very good mute , King Oliver also use to play his famous plunger solos with this small mute including the Dippermouth blues solo.
As I said above I own many pixies , new and old and the best combination of sound/blow/pitch I get it from the old copper blond nipple straight, recently I found one more , different brand and shape but it also sounds great.
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