Masks with mouthpiece aperture

Ed Kennedy · Heavyweight Member Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 3187

Does anyone have a line on the masks you can keep wearing while you play?

LittleRusty · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:10 pm Post subject:

My son sent me a link to this mask called "blow hole".

Ed Kennedy · Heavyweight Member Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 3187

Dale Proctor · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 8:49 pm Post subject:

So, how do you inhale sufficient air to play while using one? I think they’re a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
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LittleRusty · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 10:18 pm Post subject:

Dennis78 · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 1:35 am Post subject:

And they’re not ever going away unless people stop being scared of loosing their jobs.
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a few different ones

Dale Proctor · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:05 am Post subject:

Brad361 · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:54 am Post subject:

LittleRusty · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 1:08 pm Post subject:

Brad361 · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:19 pm Post subject:

deleted_user_687c31b · New Member Joined: 03 Apr 1996 Posts: 0

Don't want to fuel the discussion, but the way I see it is that if your mouthpiece is gonna go through the mask, it could potentially become another source of spreading the infection. As such, if you do use such a mask, you'd have to disinfect your mouthpiece after playing (and potentially the tip of your leadpipe as well).

Dale Proctor · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:17 am Post subject:

I’ll add fuel to the fire...

What about all that Covid-laden breath you’re blowing through the instrument? I’ve seen thin “filters” that stretch over your bell, but I think it would be mich safer if those were doubled (or tripled) up where that nasty stuff is coming out...

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deleted_user_687c31b · New Member Joined: 03 Apr 1996 Posts: 0

We're not really supposed to discuss it (I've been asked by the moderator not to before) so I'm not gonna gonna comment on that (though I have my ideas, concerns and opinions like everybody else).

american boy · Veteran Member Joined: 22 Sep 2012 Posts: 344 Location: ny

Kind of on topic; Back in the early 80s,the show Dancin` was playing on Broadway,and playing in the pit for the first 6 months or so was Lew Soloff,who for awhile wore a mask during the show.Why,we can only guess. Lew could be extremely funny when he wanted to be; I think it was a gorilla mask.
There was an onstage trumpet solo in that show,and i`m guessing he took it off for that section!

Dale Proctor · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:36 am Post subject:

Riojazz · Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 6:07 am Post subject:

I have such a mask. Mine is considerably smaller, but it is still a pain to use it (maybe that huge one would be better?).

First, I try to convince others by demonstrating I cannot blow out a candle by playing at full volume. If that doesn't work, I put on an EazyBucket mute.
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Matt K · Regular Member Joined: 25 Dec 2015 Posts: 14

The ProTec one is pretty good:

https://smile.amazon.com/ProTec-Instrument-Woodwind-A341-Medium/dp/B08QDX9GCW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=protec+playing&qid=1620061672&sr=8-1

I don't even notice it's on, other than it's kind of annoying to put the piece back in the slot after resting. But I have much more tolerance for that than most it seems; I've been wearing N95 masks for years, especially on public transit, airplanes, etc.

Andy Del · Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 5:27 am Post subject:

Just sitting over here watching...

Has no one realised that the purpose of a mask is to both filter air coming in and your breath going out? More the exhale, to be precise. Putting a slit, hole etc in the mask, or allowing anything to protrude through it defeats its purpose. May as well wear a banana or washing basket on your head...

And yes, we are wearing masks currently. To play, we take them off.

Cheers

Andy
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jadickson · Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 7:33 am Post subject:

https://www.amazon.com/ProTec-Instrument-Woodwind-A341-Medium/dp/B08QDX9GCW/

We are using these with my band program.

oxleyk · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 4180