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Mute Mod
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:53 am
by Big Francis
A riff on a Chris Olka mod I saw on YouTube. I lacked the confidence in my skills to drill into my mute and still have it function propperly, so I cut a wine cork in half and epoxied it on the opposite side of the handle to keep it from rolling on me. It works well, you can tell I had it upside down initially and gravity did it's thing.
. But it works well and the corks are firmly in place.
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Re: Mute Mod
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:19 pm
by Doc
I need to do this also. I thought about the Olka mod, but if I don’t have to drill or do anything permanent, methinks that better in the long run.
Re: Mute Mod
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:26 pm
by Big Francis
Doc wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:19 pm
I need to do this also. I thought about the Olka mod, but if I don’t have to drill or do anything permanent, methinks that better in the long run.
I spaced them 5 inches apart. If I were to do it again, they would be 4 or 4.5 inches apart. Right now it's just wide enough where the slightest bit of the mute touches the floor too, and if not careful, it'll clank a bit.
Re: Mute Mod
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:55 pm
by Doc
Big Francis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:26 pm
Doc wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:19 pm
I need to do this also. I thought about the Olka mod, but if I don’t have to drill or do anything permanent, methinks that better in the long run.
I spaced them 5 inches apart. If I were to do it again, they would be 4 or 4.5 inches apart. Right now it's just wide enough where the slightest bit of the mute touches the floor too, and if not careful, it'll clank a bit.
Gotcha. What model/size is your mute?
Re: Mute Mod
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:24 pm
by Big Francis
The large Jo Ral mute
Re: Mute Mod
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:18 pm
by the elephant
I have done this to all of my mutes over the years as I have to lay them down on our risers at work. Here is my 1971 Mirafone 186 with my Denis Wick in the bell — feet circled…
This is my very early Ion Balu mute, which came with velcroed cork blocks to allow it to be fitted to different bells. Eventually, I replaced that system with my own cork blocks that were fit for one, specific tuba, and I added the little feet.
Re: Mute Mod
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:49 pm
by bloke
If it's a metal mute, couldn't y'all just smush a flat side on it?
Re: Mute Mod
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:57 pm
by the elephant
I remember seeing a few used mutes for sale at "the old place" that had been modified in like manner…
