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Glaesel Violin Ultra Practice Mute |  | Brand: Glaesel
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $8.50
Buy New: $2.80
as of 9/7/2010 12:57 MDT details
You Save: $5.70 (67%)
New (11) Used (1) from $2.80
Seller: Brook Mays
Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 2 x 0.9 x 0.5
MPN: GL3834
Model: GL3834
ASIN: B0002II6V0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | For Violin | | • | Heavy rubber | | • | Features 5 prong | | • | Practice anywhere |
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Product Description
This Heavy Rubber 4/4 Violin Practice Mute provides a high level of muting while preserving more tone quality than the metal variety. It greatly reduces volume for apartment and late night practicing. Lightweight and safe. Five-prong.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 28
 I like it August 28, 2010
C. Robles
Totally decreases the sound by more than half the maximum "loudness". Increases the sound of bow rasping, however.
 Silent and clear! August 15, 2010
Ava Petrova
I loved this mute! It fits my violin perfectly, and I have even been playing in the middle of the night without disturbing my neighbors. I do not use it when I practice during the day, though, because I know that if I use it all the time then I will get too used to it. It does mask the mistakes a little, so it's terrible when you practice on your own, but amazing if you want to show off your awesome violin skills to someone who hasn't heard you before ;)
Overall great product, it did exactly what I wanted it to do.
Very nice mute with no worries of damage to my violin July 17, 2010
Katerina de LaGrosse (Royston Vasey)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have never used a mute before (am teaching my self to play and have studied cello, piano and voice) so I have nothing to compare this to, but I'm very pleased with the decrease in volume as well as the tonal quality, which seems "richer" with the mute in place. I bought it so I wouldn't drive the neighbours crazy when practicing in the summer with the windows open. The first twenty to thirty minutes of my daily practice is all scales and arpeggios so I am concerned about making the neighbours' ears bleed!
I also like the fact that it's made of rubber rather than metal and so I worry less about damage to the bridge. I've never tried leaving the mute on when I put the violin away because I would worry too much about it not fitting in the case and thereby damaging the bridge (or worse) when I close the case.
All in all, I'm very happy with this mute.
UPDATE:
I emailed a professional violinist (he is concertmaster and violin soloist on movies such as Avatar, Titanic, Ratatouille and more!) and asked him about the advisability of using a mute on a NEW instrument. The instrument needs to develop its pitch and tonality (just as I do!) and that requires the wood to "breathe" and expand with the vibrations created in the instrument itself. I was fearful that a mute would delay that process by decreasing the amount of vibration in the wood. And... I received an answer from him! He said I am correct to worry and that, since I practice about 1.5-2 hours a day X 5 days/week, my violin (a student-grade Samuel Eastman) should be fully developed in approximately 1.5 years. I have been studying now for about 6 months, so the neighbours will have to suffer for another year!
Just something to think about if your instrument is new!
good product July 16, 2010
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mutes the violin well, secure, light weight. I have a brass one but it vibrates off the bridge. This one you can turn upside down and it stays in place. Buy two, they're cheap enough!!
 Does not work on Glaesel 3/4 Violin June 27, 2010
E. Estrada (Peoria, AZ)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My daughter has a 3/4 Glaesel Violin that is 16 years old (a gift from her cousin). Last November we had to replace the bridge with a different brand because the local store only had a 4/4 Glaesal bridge and she had a school concert coming up. The Mute fits just fine, but we tired and tried and could not get the the mute to work. At best there was about a 5% reduction in volume. I doubt the fact that the replacement bridge being a different brand made any difference.
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