What is this mute?

[Mhoutris]

A friend of mine has a mute that I've never seen before. He doesn't know what it is either. Does anyone know what this is? Tenor and Bass straight mutes for reference.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bg0tobxlpi4ud ... e.jpg?dl=0

[ghmerrill]

Euph or small tuba mute?

[BGuttman]

I was thinking it might be for a flugelhorn.

[cigmar]

I was thinking it might be for a flugelhorn.

Or maybe Alto Horn.

[Burgerbob]

French horn maybe.

[Mhoutris]

Thanks for the insight guys. The one weird part about it is that it fits perfectly in a tenor bell.

[BGuttman]

It may fit, but how is the intonation?

The bell of a Flugelhorn, Eb Alto Horn, and Bb Tenor Horn (British Baritone) will all be quite similar to a tenor trombone bell.

[ghmerrill]

Yeah. The horn end of that mute seems to be a pretty large diameter. But it also isn't exactly the shape of any bariton/euphonium/tuba mute I've ever seen (which tend to be longer relative to the diameter than this mute appears).

[brassmedic]

Is it possible it was cut down by a previous owner? None of my metal mutes have a rolled over edge like that. The only mutes I've ever seen that are short like that are harmon mutes or practice mutes, and it obviously isn't either of those.

[Bloo]

Most definitely a flugel or an alto horn mute. Just a standard straight mute there, won't work for your trombones there though.