Rudy Mück Information Site ...

We received an email from Theo and his Mom about
Theo's music teacher who gave Theo a Rudy trumpet
 see photo and story below.

From Theo: 64 2107 was the only number I could find on this horn. My music teacher found this trumpet in a pile of old instruments in a local pawn shop. He bought this one, fixed it up, and gave it to me as a gift. Thanks, Mr. Chuck! I am 9 years old and have been playing just over a year. I really love my Rudy Muck trumpet!

From Theo's Mom: I submitted a quick story of how my son Theo acquired his Rudy Muck trumpet from a local artist who has taken on teaching him to play. His name is Chuck Coulter, and he is a BIG Rudy Muck fan.

Anyway, here are two pictures of the horn to go with the short story I submitted to the website. I know Chuck checks in on the site, and he would be thrilled to see the story and the horn he gifted to my son there.

Did you know...

The original Roy Stevens Costello mouthpieces in the 1940s and beyond as told on this webpage here:  Roy Stevens Costello  There's also mention of Jet Tone making these -- we've seen a couple - anyone else? 

Email from Bob Saccente who was friend and apprentice
to Victor Muck, Rudy's Brother

click on card to see larger version

"My name is bob saccente, I do restorations on vintage horns, I learned instrument repair from Rudy's brother Victor Muck in Hollywood Florida

I met Victor in the late sixties when in high school and became a very close family friend. Vctor told me a story about Rudy ....when Rudy applied for a job repairing in new York,, he said that was Carl fisher music store ??? {could be another store} they hired Rudy to buff horns and Rudy said I can repair also .. but the owner refused to let Rudy repair anything and wasn't keen with immigrants at that time, the story goes as follows (as Victor muck told me many many times)

Rudy after being hired on was put up stairs to buff and clean horns and also was given a French horn which looked like it been run over or worse by the owner of store, the owner of store said to Rudy "Here ,if you are a repair man do this on your lunch break" ,the owner never ever figured to get this totally smashed horn fixed, a few months passed and owner was presented the now new looking perfect f- horn by Rudy!  The owner said NO WAY cant be done, Rudy said check the sn# number and sure it was the smashed horn, and now perfect cond., the owner of store gave Rudy a job repairing from then on, this story sticks in my mind for the last 50 years , Victor repeated it many times, Rudy's brother was a kind helpful person and helped me develop my skills and I bought out Victors tools before Victor passed away, 20 +years.. AGO and some of my dent hammers and mandrels were given to Victor from Rudy way back... Victor had a shop in Plainfield, NJ on 118 madison ave Enjoy

Thanks, Bob Saccente orlando florida Humm'n Horns"

Bob included a scan of the business card Victor gave him which he still has in his shop.  Does any of this ring a bell with anyone, please email us admin@rudymuck.info

IYM Corp. of Ridgewood, NJ.  offers vintage MPs:

"In the course of handling an assignment to modernize the instruments for a band association, we found several Rudy Mück vintage mouthpieces. These brought fond memories to several of our staff who had played on them for many years. By chance, we met an individual who recognized these legendary mouthpieces. He mentioned that he knew the Rudy Mück family. We arranged a meeting and learned that they still held the original design materials. Although they felt that Rudy Mück's ideas were still sound, they had no interest in undertaking the marketing and manufacturing challenges needed to re-introduce the mouthpiece. They shared their design material with us and were pleased that, once again, the original Rudy Mück mouthpieces would become available through our efforts. And so, we have re-introduced the original Rudy Mück Classic Cushion Rim mouthpieces to the original specs. Also, our mouthpieces are the only ones to have been granted important trademark status."

Tony tells us they currently are producing a 17C trademarked replica trumpet mouthpiece. a 21C tenor trombone mouthpiece and are introducing a tuba model which is the rarest design and almost impossible to locate an any condition.  That's very true -- we only have 1 of these and have never seen another!  To see IYM Corp's trademark replicas please visit here:

Well, now you have 3 resources to find these mouthpieces.  To find the vintage ones, Ebay is the place to go.  For well-made replicas, choose your type --2nd generation or the trademarked 17C trumpet mouthpieces.  For some interesting reading, we have a mouthpiece comparison page where we've taken measurements on various vintage and 2nd generation mouthpieces.  See here:

Mouthpiece Info & Comparison

Thank you for your patronage!

Dedicated Valentine's Day 2007 to my wife Carolyn who helped make this site possible.