French Horn Stopping Mute

Hawkins Mutes

£79

French Horn Stopping Mute Professional French Horn Stopping Mute The Hawkins professional French horn stopping mute gives horn players complete control when hand-stopping alone is not enough. Certain orchestral excerpts demand extreme stopped dynamics, precise intonation, and projection that the natural hand simply cannot achieve consistently. The low stopped fortissimo C# in the final movement of Symphony No. 6 remains one of the most famous examples in the orchestral repertoire. This French horn stopping mute solves that problem. Designed for professional orchestral horn players, conservatoi

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