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Happy New Year from S-Mute!

If you are after a mute in a color that's not listed on the website, we can take requests! Here is a fresh batch of customer request Salt Shaker mutes in purple. They turned out great!

https://s-mute.com/products/bass-trombo ... 1441705197

Custom color options are available! Here is a Salt Shaker mute in gold:

Shout out to new Salt Shaker endorsing artist, New Zealand based trombonist Jeremy Trenwith! He has this to say about the Salt Shaker mute:

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘚-𝘔𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵, 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘱𝘴.

https://s-mute.com/collections/trombone-mutes

Salt Shaker mute tenor and bass relative size:

New batch of Bass Trombone Salt Shaker mutes just finished! All models in stock.

Salt Shaker mute in the bell of a Buescher 400 trombone. Also below a demonstration of the mute bell placement with various thickness corks.

https://s-mute.com/collections/trombone-mutes

An unsolicited review of the Salt Shaker mute! Big thanks to Cole Bartels at Central Michigan University for putting it together!

Cork size comparison for the tenor Salt Shaker in the bell of a Bach 36:

@Nathan.Sobieralski any update on the timeline for the tuba version?

arpthark wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2026 6:14 am @Nathan.Sobieralski any update on the timeline for the tuba version?

Ive looked into it. Part of the trouble is the cost. They would be very expensive to make using my current methods, therefore the retail price would be very high. Im investigating alternatives.

In the mean time, tuba players who double on Bass Trombone would find the Bass Salt Shaker useful.

There is also my removable cork adapter set for tuba mutes, for those interested in the adjustable cork aspect of my designs:

https://s-mute.com/products/removable-c ... tuba-mutes

Very excited to have the endorsement of Dr. Cole Bartels, Trombone Professor at Central Michigan University! Here is what Dr. Bartels has to say about the Salt Shaker mute:

"The Salt Shaker is an amazingly versatile piece of equipment everyone should have in their arsenal of mutes. The engineering is fantastic, allowing for modularity of different end caps, corks, and configurations of felt pads that allow the player tons of control over the color palette produced by the mute."

More from Dr. Bartels on the S-Mute website: https://s-mute.com/products/trombone-salt-shaker

Well stocked on tenor and bass Salt Shaker mutes!