Orchestral Violin Bow (9491)

Got tired of the traditional tourte mute rattling and got this to replace it. It does the job, but is not as powerful as a traditional mute—maybe a 50-66% mute by comparison. It was easy to install and is even easier to use. To be clear, this is a performance mute for playing "con sordino" passages, not a practice mute.

It doesn’t mute anything the muter only makes your instrument sound like it’s underwater. It is not easy to take off the strings. Product is too expensive and not worth your time nor money👎.

I have a cheap Cecilio electric violin that can sound rather shrill acoustically and amplified without some kind of mute. The larger boot-style mutes help mellow the sound and lower the volume, but can make the G and D strings sound rather muddy. I use two of these D'Addario mutes to dampen all the strings and they retain a little more volume and tonal character while lessening the shrillness. They also attach more securely than the other kinds of mutes that can also shift a bit when moving around. Because a lot of electric violins aren't hollow with a chamber for resonance, they can tend to need something to mellow out their tone. I keep these mutes on all the time and use acoustic simulator pedals and get a pretty decent sound out of my setup without being so loud that I annoy the neighbors.

使っていたミュートのつけ外し時の雑音が気になり、 市民オケの演奏会用に購入。 静かに簡単にスライド動作でつけはずしができ、気に入りました。 弦と弦がミュートのサイド部の溝に しっかりと はまっている構造で、 使用しない時も落ちず、安心です。 でも、何回も使用しているうちに、 だんだんサイド部のみぞ幅が広がってきたらアウトだと思われることと、 弱音器としての音量の減りが少ない（ゴム製と比較）ので ☆ー１です。

全く効果のないミュートでした。結局昔使っていた黒いゴムのミュートを使用することにしました。返品しようか迷いましたが、返品に関する細かい注意点の説明書が同封されており、内容があまりにも面倒なため、返品するのはやめました。もう二度と買いません。