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 After extensive design, development and testing in the secret sordino
cellars of the Tom Crown Mute Co. we are happy to introduce the new Gemini
straight mute, endorsed by the trumpet section of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, the trumpet section of the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, Andrea
Lucchi and Omar Tomasoni of the Orchestra Santa Cecilia, Rome and Alexis
Demailly of the Paris Opera Orchestra. |
| John Hagstrom, 2nd trumpet,Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| "Tom Crown's new "Gemini" mute is
excellent. All of his mutes possess
excellent intonation and evenness of
sound quality, but this new mute may be
the finest yet! Upon receiving several
for testing in the CSO, we were so
impressed that we used them for the very
next concert. In addition to playing
well on their own, the sound of them
together in a section makes blending and
tuning much easier. I have used it
regularly ever since, and I strongly
encourage anyone who needs the very best
metal straight mute to do the same!" |
| Matthew Comerford, Co-Assistant
Principal Trumpet, Chicago Lyric Opera
Orchestra |
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Continuing the tradition of creating
trumpet mutes of the finest quality, Tom
Crown's new Gemini Mute is fantastic.
The sound is all that you need in a
metal trumpet mute with a wonderful
muted quality throughout the trumpet's
range at any dynamic level. Pitch is
just great. With corks properly
adjusted, pitch is the same as playing
without a mute in the horn. |
| Channing Philbrick, Co-Assistant
Principal Trumpet, Chicago Lyric Opera
Orchestra. |
| Bravo on your new design! It
plays so evenly, freely, with such great
sound and projection. We are using
them throughout "Fanciulla" and for the
one muted spot in "Lohengrin". |
| Andrea Lucchi, Principal Trumpet
Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Rome. |
| I received your mute today and it's fantastic! I tried it with my colleague the other principal trumpet Omar Tomasoni and we decided to make our Orchestra buy five of these straight mutes for our section. |
| Alexis Demailly, Paris Opera
Orchestra |
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Thank you for the "gemini" mute ,
it's very nice mute with a very nice
tone and sound, the sound volume is
impressive. |
| Marc Goudon, Principal trumpet Paris Opera |
| Cher Tom j'ai bien reçu les sourdines Gemini ! Formidable ! Je l'ai utilisée le soir même à l'Opéra pour Salomé. Toute la section de trompette jouait les Gemini, et nous avons été ravi ! Le son est très beau, et la justesse impressionnante. De plus, elles sont très facile à jouer. Merci pour ces magnifiques sourdines ! Cordialement Marc |