Trumpet Practice Mute Designs

The practice mute design modeled after a horse feedbag whose image appears below was marketed back in the late 1960’s to both trumpet and trombone players and was advertised in print publications which included the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) union, monthly newspaper/newsletter that was mailed to AFM members.  This Author recalls responding to a display photo advertisement that promoted this practice mute in a circa 1967 edition of a AFM newspaper classified advertising section.

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