Posted by Brad on February 28, 2001 at 08:14:09:
In Reply to: Tuba Mutes posted by Mark on February 28, 2001 at 01:06:37:
I know this has been said, but not mute sounds good. :) that out of the way
Each mute works differantly on each tuba IMHO. They tend to sit in the bell differently. I personally have had good sucess with the H&B All Metal Symphonic Mute. It soesn't affect the low register to much and the intonation in barible. I never have had luck with wooden one (most of the wooden ones I've tried have been pretty cheap.) A freind of mine has a Dennis Wick and I like that a lot. My school used to have H&B Stonelined staight mutes...yuck they sounded even worse then most mutes with terrible low register responce and intonation.
Also check the archieves there has been a lot of discussion on this subject.
Brad