Posted by Josh Calkin on March 06, 2003 at 22:01:08:
In Reply to: Re: Re: HB Mute posted by Thomas on March 05, 2003 at 13:53:36:
It's aluminum, and contoured. Plays SO much freer than the red and white stonelined jobs.
I've played the Apperson mutes such as mentioned by Rick Denney in his post... made by a gentleman here in Boise, Idaho. I thought the mutes were great, but didn't have the tone color change I was looking for. The H&B is a much brassier sound, while (to my ear) the Apperson was someplace between the H&B aluminum symphonic and their stone lined.
HTH
-J