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

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

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

On Aug 10, 2007, at 3:13 PM, Eric Neumann wrote:

> 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.
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