Rubber Violin Practice Mute, Claw Style & Round Tourte Style Mute for Violin, Practice Silencer Viola Violin Mute

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Getting two mutes for one price is a very good (and rare) deal. The smaller tourte mute is a common mute used to color (more than soften, in my opinion) the tone of the violin string and fits easily on the strings below the bridge without needing to take the strings off the attach it. Having said that, I prefer the Wire Slide-On mute variety (also on Amazon) for darkening a string instrument's tone. Think of the sound of the string section in the "Going Home" movement of Dvorak's "New World Symphony" where these mutes are employed. Lovely and somewhat somber sounding.As for the claw, its claim is that it will severely dampen a violin's volume, and while it does that a little, the best damping mute in my experience is the claw made of metal (they look chrome-like, and are also sold on Amazon). I prefer the chrome for dampening, but my new violin bridge is too thick and won't allow for the metal claw to rest on the bridge. The rubber claw, however, being "rubber" accommodated my new bridge easily. Unfortunately, it doesn't soften the volume enough to keep my violin woodshedding sessions from disturbing my housemates.My score of 4 is mostly for getting 2-4-1 at this price. Buying separately, I feel that the Wire Slide-On variety is a better mute than the tourte for somberness, and that the metal claw is better for lowering the volume.

I happen to BE a beginner, just got my first violin (full size). This mute works as it shows in the pictures. It doesn't mute my strings totally, I can still hear what I'm trying to play, but it's not so loud that its bothering anyone else. A must for new beginners like me for sure. It's a rubbery item, but doesn't smell nasty. Works well, packs in my case, does the job nicely. Very happy!

Product it too small to fit over the bridge. Unless you have a toy instrument, I wouldn't recommend this product.

It’s very useful

The practice mute works great. However, the round mute is too stiff and the dimensions are slightly off, which made it nearly impossible to put on the instrument. The other day, I was trying to put the mute on an the bridge fell off the violin.

This is a review of "Rubber Violin Practice Mute, Claw Style & Round Tourte Style Mute for Violin, Practice Silencer Viola Violin Mute"I'm a professional-level violinist and have a lot of experience with accessories such as these. While not terrible (they do the job), these are not the best versions of heavy practice and normal Tourte mutes. The practice mute is about half as effective as the heavy metal versions of the same and makes a boomy tone quality on the lower registers. The regular Tourte-style mute works normally when installed, but the unfortunate thing is that the holes for the strings are completely round so there's nothing to hold the mute down (pinch the string after lengths) when it's not in use so it's easy for it to wander around.For a comparison, please see the second photo I uploaded for the difference between the styles of mutes -- the pair of mutes being sold here are on the left-hand side. If you look at the two Tourte-style mutes on the bottom right you'll see that the string holes go up to a point so that when they're not in use they will stay put. It's worth paying a small amount extra for a heavy metal practice mute. Rubber Tourte mutes that hold the string when not in use are readily available at basically the same price so there isn't really a good reason to compromise.