[Harp-L] Hohnerphone (Muted trumpet using a can)

[Eric Neumann]

You guys - they already made something like the coke can, or can of pea idea
to create a mute effect.
Pat Missin has information already on this:
http://www.patmissin.com/patents/USD36692.html

If you are into antique hunting, it should be fun. Or, go ahead and stick
with the coke can idea since finding these is probably too rich for
everyone's blood on this list of cheapos. You can hear one recorded by Bruce
Kurnow's cd-baby page.

http://audio.cdbaby.com/f27c420e/mp3lofi/k/u/kurnow2-05.mp3

Pretty interesting. Others I know do this trick with whatever small hollow
object is handy... rocks glass, styrofoam cup, politician's head... anything
relatively empty, and small enough to hold with a couple of fingers - but
large enough to give you a reverby wah effect.
_______________________________________________
Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org
Har...@harp-l.org
http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l

[Joe and Cass Leone]

Old prison trick. A cheap (the thinner the better) aluminum measuring
cup. (hard to find these days) The handle fits around the left
fingers. Used to mute the sound and have it come BACK at you, so as
not to annoy other prisoners.
smo-joe

> !DSPAM:5614,46bcb97a33106337919405!

[Tom Baehr]

Or mount the covers on backwards. Saw a picture of one set up that
way on eBay -- but for a different reason ;-)

Tom

On Aug 10, 2007, at 4:50 PM, Joe and Cass Leone wrote:

> Old prison trick. A cheap (the thinner the better) aluminum
> measuring cup. (hard to find these days) The handle fits around the
> left fingers. Used to mute the sound and have it come BACK at you,
> so as not to annoy other prisoners.
> smo-joe

_______________________________________________

[Tom Baehr]

Nope. Doesn't make sense to me acoustically, but I'd read somewhere
about turning the covers around to play quietly in prison. The eBay
listing was, to be as charitable as possible to the seller, stoopid.

Tom
On Aug 10, 2007, at 11:21 PM, Denise wrote:

> You are kidding... right?
> Denise
>
>
>
> 2007/8/10, Tom Baehr <tomb...@verizon.net>:

> Or mount the covers on backwards. Saw a picture of one set up that
> way on eBay -- but for a different reason ;-)

_______________________________________________

[Ludo Beckers]

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harp-l-archives/message/55738;_ylc=X3oDMTJyOTlsOWdjBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzQ1NjMzOTIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDMyMTk1BG1zZ0lkAzU1NzM4BHNlYwNkbXNnBHNsawN2bXNnBHN0aW1lAzExODY3ODEyOTE->
Now
I remember, THAT'S where I first met ya ;-)

Ludo

<<Old prison trick. A cheap (the thinner the better) aluminum measuring
cup. (hard to find these days) The handle fits around the left
fingers. Used to mute the sound and have it come BACK at you, so as
not to annoy other prisoners.
smo-joe