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Heavy Brass Practice Mute for Violin and Small Viola | 
 enlarge | Brand: JSI
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $16.50
Buy New: $10.95
You Save: $5.55 (34%)
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2560
MPN: MUVVBRASS
ASIN: B000F3KTGM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Chrome plated brass | | • | Practice anywhere | | • | Maximum dampening of sound | | • | For Violins and Smaller Violas |
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Product Description
This Heavy Practice Mute for 4/4 Violin and smaller Viola offers maximum dampening of sound for apartment and late night practicing. Made of chrome-plated brass.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great mute June 5, 2008
katshan (Nashville, IN USA)
This is a great mute. I like it a lot. I will say, the only reservation is that it will not slide down on the bridge very well. The area has to be enlarged with a metal file so that it will fit on the bridge. Once that has been done, it works perfectly. If it would fit on the bridge with no modification I would've given it a 5 star rating. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it though, as long as people know they will need to modify it to fit their own particular bridge.
Violin metal practice mute October 22, 2007
Troy A. Lewis (Baton Rouge, LA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was looking for a mute that would reduce the sound level by about 70% and br /this mute does the trick. The tonal quality is affected somewhat but that br /is to be expected from a damping device. The only issue I had with the mute is that the "V" grooves were cut too small to clip onto thick bridge so I altered the mute to fit. That shouldn't be an issue for a thin bridge. All in all, I'm very satisfied with this mute because now I can practice without disturbing anyone!
 Maximum muting, but badly designed. April 25, 2007
Boruta Di Lira (NJ, US)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I tried few different mutes. This one provides maximum muting effect making playing barely audible. Perfect for playing without disturbing others. This being said there are 2 problems. The mute has its bridge grooves cut too tightly, and does not fit well on 2 of the bridges I tried it on - one being a cheap no-name, the other being Aubert Lux model. The mute goes only a few millimeters down and although works well, the fit is insecure and the weight shift may potentially damage bridge edges. I believe the mute could be improved by cutting the groves wider. The other problem is that the mute kills 99% of tonal color, so it's use is limited to practicing finger positions but not the actual clarity of played music. Since there are few manufacturers of this mute type, perhaps I need to try to obtain another one from a different vendor...
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