Hey charcloth! Are those mutes metal or wood? I found a metal one many years ago at a shop in Berkeley. I haven't seen one like it and fear losing it. It makes the steel stringed banjo sound like a plucked dulcimer, a real pretty sound but I'd love to find another mute. I have a large Hunt paper clip with slots filed to accomodate the strings which makes the steel stringed banjo sound like a sitar but doesn't really mute much. Nice sound though. Sort of like Ravi Shankar meets Clarence Ashley.

PS (do you do rendezvous?)

CB