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Greg Santana
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2024
It doesn’t fit the bridge of my full violin—not even a little—so I’ll be returning it
Hello Natta
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2023
So, I'm practically a newborn in the violin universe, and my husband's sanity seemed to be on the line. After some Reddit wisdom, I went for the metal mute version. Slapped it on like a pro, and voila, the noise got down by about 50%! I'm still unleashing some symphonic chaos, but now it's more of a bear hug than a bear scare. If you fancy keeping your better half within earshot while you 'cat-strangle' your way to greatness, this gadget's your secret weapon. Happy wife, happy life, and now, a slightly happier husband too!
J.Bemus
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2023
This is an essential practice tool. I've been using a rubber mute for the last year which drops about 10 decibels, but this drops the volume another 10-15 decibels. I can know practice in the mornings while the family sleeps without fear of waking anyone.This will be a blessing for parents with new students, and in my opinion will help development allowing students to feel less self conscious when practicing.Be aware this doesn't snuggly fit onto the bridge like a rubber mute so use with care because it will fall off if tipped the wrong way. It has pretty decent heft and will ding up wood flooring or a toe if it lands wrong.As far as cost, this is well worth the cost for all the reasons I've listed.Finally, the sound quality is fairly decent. Obviously the tonal quality isn't the same as a wide open bridge, but it fairly decent and if you work towards the best tone possible with the mute your tone will be even better when you take it off.
The Ninja Violinist
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2021
Doesnt really fit viola bridges properly but definitely takes the volume down. I'd only recommend this on violin
Will from Oklahoma
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2021
I'm using this mute to get extra practice time in.It reduces my sound much more than a rubber coated metal mute that I tried.The listing says it is for violins and small violas, but my viola is a medium size (16"), and it works just fine.Remember, it's not supposed to go all the way over the bridge. Just push it down carefully and evenly until it is secure, and also try to keep your instrument level as much as possible when you are using it. (i.e., don't get careless and swing it around)Definitely worth the price. It was smooth metal, too, and well shaped.
Itay
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019
It works wonderful on my violin. It makes it really quiet. But if its not placed properly the G string makes it move and make a big noise. Also, its little heavy so you don't want it to fall on the instrument.
Jess
Reviewed in Canada on February 16, 2018
Super good violin mute!!!
Aaron Quinley
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2017
This is the third mute I've purchased for a new violin I intend to learn to play. The other two mutes are 1) a rubber ultra mute and 2) a metal clip mute. This heavy practice mute does a much, much better job at actually muting the volume of the violin for practice, although, of course, learning to play on this kind of mute might prove impossible since the intonation is going to be way off.As many reviewers say, it doesn't fit well on top of my bridge. But it does fit. And it is much weightier than the other two mutes, so, combined with the poor fit, one should be cautious not to knock it off the bridge and onto the surface of the violin, particularly if their violin is nice/expensive, which mine is not.Very happy to have a mute that will actually dampen the sound to a respectable level for my apartment neighbors!
Steven Christie
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2016
Amazon ignored my cancellation request. I'm glad it did. This mute really works.It rides high on the bridge, to be sure. My previous terrible experience with a rubber coated metal mute (which didn't mute and didn't fit) led me to cancel this order after I read several reviews complaining that this all metal mute didn't fit either. It arrived anyway. So I plopped it on my acoustic violin and tried it out.Although it does not fit well, it does mute my acoustic to a decibel level that is surprisingly low - like my unamped silent electric violin. I now can play my acoustic at all hours of the night without waking anyone. It's really effective.The fit is poor, granted. But it works, plain and simple.I don't play my violin upsidedown or act like Lindsey Stirling, so I'm not worried about the mute falling off. Now, it does affect the timbre, making the violin sound like your average, unamped electric instrument. It almost completely stops vibrations at the bridge to do that. But there is no affect on the tuning at all.Some have worried about damaging their bridges. This mute prevents the bridge from translating the string vibrations to the body. Thus, the mute forces the bridge grooves to hold physical vibrations that otherwise would pass through to the violin itself. The grooves are taking the full brundt of the vibrating strings without any relief and so probably are being required to do more than they were cut to do. I've got to think that the bridge will wear out more quickly. But how much? Only time will tell. My present bridge only cost about $150 after a trip to the luthier. I really like the idea of practicing after hours - enough to press on with this mute and see what happens.
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