Denis Wick 5551 Trumpet/Cornet Straight Wooden Mute

Denis Wick 5551 Trumpet/Cornet Straight Wooden Mute
Description:
The Denis Wick range of wooden mutes is designed to provide modern brass players with a mute which sounds great, even at the quietest of dynamics. This mute will carry on working even at the end of an extreme diminuendo – it will allow the tone to drop almost nothing. Denis Wick has achieved this by a unique construction method which uses beautiful wood, with all its natural attributes of strength and resonance, and a very hard inner lining, made of a hi-tech modern material, which gives rigidity and enhances the acoustic properties of the mute.
The use of wooden mutes is popular in European orchestras and helps create that distinctive muted sound which is so useful in nineteenth-century orchestral music. They are especially useful when used in opera, where often a very soft pianissimo is required. Denis Wick wooden mutes can be found in many leading opera houses around the world, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
The Denis Wick wooden French horn mute is the choice of mute for many professional horn players around the world. With its perfect intonation, beautiful tone and instant response it is the leading mute of its kind. It has adjustable tuning which allows the mute to be adapted to suit every kind of French horn.
The mutes are very light and resonant, and are also very rigid. They are all individually hand-crafted. The bases are made from a solid piece of marine ply and the wooden cone from Finnish birch wood. The inner lining is applied by a special method which ensures maximum strength and resonance.
Denis Wick wooden mutes are used widely in bands and in orchestras: their excellent intonation and all-round performance makes them a great choice for any brass player. They are made in different sizes for most brass instruments, including all brass band and orchestral brass instruments, from Eb trumpet/soprano cornet down to BBb tuba.
We have been using a set of Denis Wick wooden trumpet mutes for about six months now and have found them to be a most useful addition to our equipment. The intonation remains true in all registers and dynamics. For muted passages that do not need edge and brilliance but require subtle blending and colours these are our mutes of choice.
~ The London Symphony Orchestra Trumpet Section; Rod Franks, Gerry Ruddock and Nigel Gomm
If you are looking to be able to produce something a little bit different in the mutes stakes, then this beautifully crafted wooden straight mute is a gem!
It really does give a refined colour and texture, especially in the lowest dynamic range.
Looks the part and plays the part – the Finnish Birch body is lines with a very hard inner material that makes for a very resonant mute that takes a bit of getting used to but rewards the intelligent performer in full.
something to be brought out on those rare occasions when you are looking to just gild the musical lily – its worth it.
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