Humes & Berg 103 Trumpet Cleartone Mute

by Humes & Berg

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• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002DV8BU
• Item model number: 103
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Product Description

Willie Berg invented Stonelined Mutes in 1935. Stonelined Mutes play perfectly in tune and are easy blowing. For the perfect professional sound all the time, Stonelined Mutes offers many different models to produce outstanding various tonal colors for the brass player.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Retire your Harmon wow-wow and get one of these..., April 8, 2011

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This review is from: Humes & Berg 103 Trumpet Cleartone Mute

Humes & Berg 103 Trumpet Cleartone Mute

Several years ago, trumpet players in our 16-piece swing band switched to the Clear Tone mute from the Harmon [wow wow] mute. Although roughly similar in sound to the Harmon, the Clear Tone has two decided advantages:

- Once a Harmon's cork become "used", it has a tendency to fall out of the bell at inopportune times. First moistening the bell-insides by breathing HAH into it helps a little, but that increases insertion time. The Clear Tone on the other hand, stays in as well as a straight or cup mute and is quick to insert and remove.

- The Clear Tone plays louder so there's a better chance of being heard over the rest of the band.

You can do the wow-wow effect with a Clear Tone since the end is open; and it sounds good in a concert band where a Harmon is called for. To top it off, this is not an expensive mute...