In October, 2002, Ion Balu, M.M. (pronounced ee-ON BAH-loo) established Balu Mutes. Now, our company is a collaboration of four musicians and artists that produces the world's best Horn Straight mutes, and we provide the world's only Horn Practice mute with Negligible Air Resistance. We are proud to present the "Majestic"; the best trumpet soft mute in the world, a mute that will change the way you play muted; along with the best Trombone wooden straight mutes, Euphonium, Wagner Tuba and the undeniably best Tuba mutes in the world.

All of our mutes are hand-built in the U.S.A. We endeavor to continuously refine our products, even after surpassing our competition. Congratulations for becoming another owner of a Balu Mute.

Your investment will prove worthwhile for years to come.

Effective immediately, we will be giving away one mute per month to an underprivileged student. Also, every one hundredth mute is FREE. We believe that it's our time to give back to those who made our great success possible. Thank you! Click here for rules of participation.

Effective February 23rd, we will have four upgraded horns available for testing: one Holton H179, one Yamaha 667, one Gerhard Schneider, and the very first Balu Horn. Stay tuned for more info!

Our promise is that quality will always prevail over quantity.Customer satisfaction is our top priority.

Give us a call or email us and we will show you why we are the best.

If your credit/debit card is denied during the Paypal transaction is more than likely because:

A: Your card is on file with Paypal (if you ever used it in the past) but the billing address is old. Make sure that you enter the correct billing address, then email us separately where you want the mute sent.

B: Even if you never used this card before with Paypal, they will deny the card if the address is not the billing address. Enter the correct billing address, then email us separately where you want us to send the mute.

You don't have to have a paypal account to shop with us, nor that you have to sign up for one. Just look on the page on the left where it says:

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