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kokothemonkey99
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:29 pm    Post subject: MOST Resistant Practice Mute Reply with quote

What is the MOST resistant practice mute available?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The First Edition Yamaha Practice mute I had years ago was the most resistant I've had. It was enough to mess my chops up for a few days.

The best practice mute I've had is the Wallace, but it needs a couple layers of rubber to fit well in most trumpets.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheech & Chong: "Are you out of your f***ing mind!?"
I assume you want the resistance to balance out a practice routine, but are you aware that most practice mutes are pretty resistant, to begin with? Getting one in the extreme may not give you the desired results. "Too much of a good thing", as it were.

(Apologies if I'm making the wrong assumption.)
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Best Brass Junior is the most resistant of the many I have tried.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shameless plug here, but I can customize my practice mute attachment for as much or (within reason) as little resistance you want in a practice mute by changing the size/quantity of the vents. In my current offerings, the #1 is tight with only one vent, #2 has three and is relatively open (and louder). I'd be happy to make a tighter version than #1 if you like.

https://s-mute.com/products/new-s-mute-practice-mute-attachment
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Stomvi UpMute is designed to reward effortless playing. To quote the website, "You will know you have it right when you feel very little back pressure from the mute."
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Harmon mute, without a stem, plugged by a drilled-through cork. Resistance becomes high if you use a small drill size.

You could also try the Bremner Sshhmute.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

etc-etc wrote:
Harmon mute, without a stem, plugged by a drilled-through cork. Resistance becomes high if you use a small drill size.


I do the same, I take on my trips a Jo-Ral alu bubble mute with me and when it needs to be very soft I plug a cork in it and then it's even softer than most practice mutes. It seems that you can buy a silencer instead of the cork but if you take a wine bottle cork, cut it a little bit conical to fit the mute and you drill a hole in the cork, than you have a cheaper solution to make a very good practice mute. With a small hole you will have a lot (too much) resistance. I drilled it to 8 mm to get a good playability. You can then play all the way down to low Gflat easily.

That small Best Brass practice mute has an impossible resistance IMO.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Bremner Sshhmute works well for me. Not sure what you're looking for in terms of resistance, but it certainly quiets the horn down effectively without terrible impact on intonation or range.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The most resistant practice mute can be made with a sock. Ball up the sock and stuff it in the bell -- the tighter the better.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the answer is affected by what he wants it for.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

might be subjective. I find that the more quiet the mute, the more I overblow, thus causing the more resistance.

So a Yamaha silent brass with no headphones would cause that for me. Even with the headphones, I have to crank it up all the way. I got a feeling that hearing aids are in my future retirement plans...

The cork in the bubble mute has to be pretty silent, I had never heard of that before, but it is brilliant and economic solution, reusing a mute most of us own. I did a review of a best brass nano mute that you shove in your bubble mute that would be a similar concept. After that nano mute, my valves had been louder than anything I could dish out.

Not sure many of us have tired multiple practice mutes to give any kind of good feedback, normally I hate muting to practice, but will in a pickle.

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