Tradução eoriginais sobre sordinas

Mutes stories
The harmon mute was first patented in 1865 (US Patent 51,363) under a different name by John F. Stratton of New York. This patent called for plugging the bell with an adjustable tube that allowed a player to deaden the sound without throwing the instrument out of tune. A century later, the device had become known by its brand name, the Harmon mute, and its tube, having acquired a small cup at one end for “wah-wah” effects, was called a stem.

There is a rumor circulating that the initial idea of the Harmon came from King Oliver, which would post-date the patent and was then told to a man named Harmon who took it into production and never gave Oliver credit. I guess, neither did John F. Stratton for that matter. Mr. Harmon likely sold many people the Brooklyn Bridge as well.
The harmon mute was first patented in 1865 (US Patent 51,363) under a different name by John F. Stratton of New York. This patent called for plugging the bell with an adjustable tube that allowed a player to deaden the sound without throwing the instrument out of tune. A century later, the device had become known by its brand name, the Harmon mute, and its tube, having acquired a small cup at one end for “wah-wah” effects, was called a stem.

There is a rumor circulating that the initial idea of the Harmon came from King Oliver, which would post-date the patent and was then told to a man named Harmon who took it into production and never gave Oliver credit. I guess, neither did John F. Stratton for that matter. Mr. Harmon likely sold many people the Brooklyn Bridge as well.

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What is a mute?
A mute is a device inserted into the bell of a trumpet to either make the tone produced softer, to change the tone quality, and with the Baroque trumpet, to change the tonality. The most common types of mutes are the straight mute, the cup mute, and the wah-wah mute. Other mutes that fit over, not inside the