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Ralph Bryant Baroque Trumpet Mutes
We are happy to announce a new collaboration with Baroque Trumpet Mute Craftsman Ralph Bryant in Switzerland.
Historic Trumpet Mutes are now available.
The mutes are based upon eighteenth-century originals from a private collection in Vienna. They are hand-turned from various hardwoods: Plum, Apple , Walnut, and raise the sounding pitch by one-half tone. Their timbre ranges from quiet "nasal" when played piano/mezzo-forte, to snarling, rattling when blown forte to fortissimo. Johann Ernst Altenburg in his treatise "Trumpeters' and Kettledrummers' Art " (1795) compares the timbre to the oboe of his time, and further notes the several uses of the mute, of which here one: "To develop a good enduring embouchure through daily practice", /from Edward H. Tarr's translation, The Brass Press 1974, ISBN 0.914282-01-8). Anthony Baines describes the mute thus:..."produces a most effective sound, distant but not stifled" and "became quite popular among composers of the Baroque". ( from: Brass Instruments, Their History and Development , 1976 ISBN 0 57110600 5). Indeed from Monteverdi to Mozart there are many pieces which specify these mutes.
Visit Ralph Bryant's Mute Web Site For More Information
These mutes work in all bells from Renaissance to Ehe to Haas to Classical.
The Vienna 1 mute is a bit brighter sounding than Vienna 2.
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Model Vienna 1 - $140.00 |
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Model Vienna 2 - $140.00 |
US Customers Order Here - $140.00
Customers Outside the US Order Here - $140.00
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