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rumour6
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:59 am    Post subject: Flugel Mute... help! Reply with quote

Hi all, newbie here , hope someone can help...
got a Kanstul Brevette Flugel, which, according to someone else in the house who knows better than me, is too loud... what's the right size/make/model etc practice mute for this horn? Serial is 5881 (late 70's?).
Thanks for your time
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delano
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Play softer
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What Delano said...

...or try looking into the "sshhmute" brand.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try playing into a clothes closet. Any practice mute is a compromise, they affect how the horn responds. I can’t imagine that the dark sound of a flugel would be all that disturbing to someone else in your home, but if so, try the closet, or outside, or even in your (PARKED!) car.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brad361 wrote:
I can’t imagine that the dark sound of a flugel would be all that disturbing to someone else in your home


Brad, you must live alone! Haha! If you heard what comes out of MY horn you'd be 'disturbed'!!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rumour6, you might have some fun with a Yamaha Silent Brass rig... it involves a few wires and earphones but works well. You can also just use the mute part by itself if you wanted.

My fav practice mute for trumpet is a Pampet mute but I don't think they make one for a Flugel ( if they did, I'd buy one within 5 seconds!) so I've adapted a trumpet model with an extra ring of foam to work with my Flugel.
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