The Brass Band Forum

My solution for this particular project involved using a particular plastic for the mute (it was for a design competition sponsored by a plastics manufacturer) This meant that there was a lot of restrictions imposed by the material as it was a particularly restrictive material! I constructed a mute ...

These are both really interesting replies, thank you! I definitely like the metronome idea but I don't want to over complicate matters as I would quite like to keep the costs of each unit fairly low. I know that the air resistance from the Denis Wick mutes adds to the effect but I had one as a novic...

I am a student doing industrial design and I'm in my 2nd year at university, my current project is about sound and I have chosen to look at practice mutes for brass instruments, any feedback on the following questions would be incredibly helpful. what are your opinions on what is currently available...