Yamaha SB79 Silent Brass System for Trumpet

by Yamaha

Product Features

• The Silent Brass system lets you play your horn anywhere you want, anytime you want, and with just the kind of ambiance you feel like.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 9.8 x 11.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002F5DGE
• Item model number: SB79C
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #912 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #2 in Musical Instruments > Instrument Accessories > Wind Instrument Accessories > Brass Accessories > Trumpet Accessories

Product Description

The complete portable and soundproof system is the most innovative product from brass instruments since the valve. With Silent PracticeTM you'll hear a sound inside the earphones so rich and full you'll think you are standing on a concert hall stage. The Silent Brass system lets you play your horn anywhere you want, anytime you want, and with just the kind of ambiance you feel like. You can mix into the sounds of a CD player, a Silent Piano, an electronic keyboard or other Silent Brass, and output your playing into a tape deck or even an amp with speakers. Never again will you have to search for a practice room, have to 'stop because it's getting late'. The Silent Brass system includes Personal Studio, Pickup mute, and earphones. Separate Pickup Mutes are also available.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Practice tool, July 18, 2005

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A. Richardson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha SB79 Silent Brass System for Trumpet (Electronics)

This thing is great if you need to practice without bothering folks in the next room. I used this quite a bit in college. The echo effects are fun to play around with and the pickup doesn't distort tone as much as I had anticipated. This device produces a lot more back pressure than advertised; just a little more free blowing than say a strait mute. The times where silent brass comes in most handy is practicing with a canned track. This is easily one of the most useful tools for the modern trumpet player.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, May 24, 2006

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Microbiologist, RN, and perpetual student. "~BB" (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yamaha SB79 Silent Brass System for Trumpet (Electronics)

Quiter than most mutes by far, the Silent Brass System rocks!

Backpressure? I'm not sure what everyone's talking about! I've never noticed backpressure using a regular mute, and this one, to me, feels the same... that is the same as no mute at all.

A great item for the college music major, or for the trumpet player who lives close to others (apartments)!

Worth the money I spent!

Enjoy

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars not a neighborhood spectacle, March 4, 2007

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Dean Booth - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha SB79 Silent Brass System for Trumpet (Electronics)

I played the trumpet in high school, a long time ago. I wanted to pick it up again but I wasn't going to share my practice sessions with the neighborhood. I gave the silent system a try and it works great. It isn't 'silent' but my wife can't hear me downstairs and nobody can hear me outside. For the cost of a few lessons you can practice whenever you want without bothering anyone.