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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!

Custom Salt Shaker in green! We offer custom colors for most of our mutes, this one made for a customer in Los Angeles.

https://s-mute.com/products/trombone-salt-shaker

Bass Trombone Salt Shaker mutes in stock!

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

Salt Shaker mutes in stock!

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

Donn Schaefer sent this nice real-world example of how the Salt Shaker mute can save the day!

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

The latest tour I'm playing has a perfect Salt Shaker moment. 3 beats to go open from a bucket passage, and then almost no time later to put in a bucket between movements before an exposed solo. This is one of those spots where the musical director spends time at rehearsal warning about how important it is to be ready for the solo and talking about how many of the players have had difficulty making the entrance. (You can see all the arrows and markings in the music. The only thing missing is a skull and crossbones!) The Salt Shaker mute makes it easy to pop in the mute and make the entrance with seconds to spare. No worries about squirrely response or weird intonation quirks either!

A nice 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗲 review came in from Orlando Philharmonic Trombonist 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀-

https://s-mute.com/products/trombone-salt-shaker

𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯... 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮- 𝘶𝘱. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵... 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 "𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳" 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴.

Salt Shaker mutes are in stock!

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

Tenor and Bass Trombone Salt Shaker mutes are in stock!