Ultimate Harmon Mute Review 

That's quite a collection and some super hard to get a hold of. I really appreciate you posting this video, as I have wanted to hear several of these mutes but have never had the opportunity. Good job on the review!

I really loved the Jo Ral and the copper mute. The Jo Ral in particular, reminded me of those classic cartoons or like in the show Ed, Edd, and Eddy.

Thanks, Josh! This is a great format to compare them and a great collection of harmons.

As a beginner I found it really interesting that you played the arpeggio un-muted to show the low F# and G. The mutes totally suffocate the notes down there!

Wow! I don't know how I missed this video. I have a total of 6 harmons (with a lower case "h") including a couple of the ones here. I think my current fav is a copper Harmon, but I suspect it isn't as old as the one you've got cuz it has no stamp. It came to me looking like an old, beat-up penny, so I gave it new cork, a scratched finish, and a coat of lacquer to maintain the look. It still looks old and is the one I currently carry. I think brand new ones have a slightly different construction, and I don't have any idea when the design changed or how different it might sound from earlier versions. I do have an old Emo I bought back in the 60s. I think my teacher recommended it because of the buzz, and for a long time it was the only one I had. I also have a British Selmer Styratone, the LeBlanc, neither of which I would ever play in public, the Soulo (which is REALLY buzzy!), and a Windy City, whose buzz, for me, is really volume dependent and varies quite a bit. The copper Harmon's buzz is more consistent. It's also got a pretty easy blow, but is fairly heavy of course because of the copper. Great demo, as always!

Well, from here, I thought that when you played the 'C' they all sounded horrible...but when you played through the scale I thought that the first one, that old 1925 original sounded the best. It seemed to be even through the scale and it didn't have the ugly buzz that some of the others had.

I dig the sound of the 1930 copper harmon

Thanks Josh, at last a effective mute test. Very smart. Congratulations!!!

There Best Brass ones sounds great too

Man the 1930 harmon in copper sounds so cool!! The Emo mute i had to return because of the black rubber piece that holds it in place... Very poor material and bad glue!

Very helpful, thanks.

Cool video! I'm surprised you didn't have the trumcor zinger mute in this. Thoughts on that one? Do you plan on doing a cup mute video? Because that would be cool too!

Jo ral was my favorite.

I have a soulo harmon mute and it sounds great but c bellow staff and lower is hard to slot and feels stuffy

Out of these i like the 1930 copper harmon the best. You must check out the Trumcore Zinger if you haven´t tried it. Excellent mute. Very in tune and sweet in all ranges. My personal favourite.

No one: Wilson: 2:50

I enjoyed the opening lick, for a newbie can you give me the note progression when you sampled all the mutes ?

The old 1925 harmon mute, WOW ! Excellent tone. I have several harmon mutes and the harmon B the most recent, too buzzzy. What is the vintage of the Miles Davis harmon mute,it sounded so great ? Great video. I am going to ebay to shop vintage harmons.

I have a Harmon mute for my trumpet and trombone and there really want to play

Dear Josh, great review - thanks. How can I recognize an old harmon mute from the 30s/40s? The design seems the same as the newer ones. And on Ebay everbody, that sells a fucked up mute, calls it "vintage" .

1930s harmon sounds like miles.

I play a simple Bach 37 lightweight, with a Bach 5s mouthpiece.. I have the joral copper bubble, but it’s too dark and hard to play..and I get bored with it.. right now I don’t like the sound of bubbles anymore indeed.. I would like to have Davis sound.... would you suggest the Harmon B, or the Emo?

So the copper harmon one from the 30s, isn't that a Harmon Swing Master one or is that just a regular Harmon copper one?

Hi....Whats the best to fit for flugelhorn?

So cool to hear all the different timbres! But is there a difference in "blowback resistance" between them? I want to find a good harmon mute with minimal resistance (The Dennis Wick harmon I use has too much for me).

Which one did miles use?

I would like one that sounds like Chris Botti's Harmon Mute, I've heard if you dent the mute up, it sounds better! I got an expensive one on Amazon and it sounds awful.

Hi can I know your thoughts about modern harmon compared to joral bubbles, just your opinions

Is it me or does the 1920s one sound the best?

You have beautiful eyes, no homo