In October, 2002, Ion Balu, M.M. (pronounced ee-ON BAH-loo) established Balu Musik. Now, our company produces the world's best Horn straight mute, we provide the world's only Horn practice mute with Negligible Air Resistance and the world's only stop mute that projects the sound forward. We are proud to present the Majestic, the best trumpet mute in the world, a mute that will change the way you play muted; along with the best Trombone straight mute, Euphonium, Wagner tuba, and the undeniably best Tuba mutes in the world

We believe that our horns will become the horns of choice in the 21st century, and our first horn customers absolutely agree with that. Let there be no doubt that our success will be shared in more than one way with all of you who are making this possible.

Thank you!

All of our products 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 product.

Your investment will prove worthwhile for years to come.

Effective immediately (i.e.Jan. 2010) every 100th 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.

Welcome to Balu Musik,

where only the sound surpasses the beauty.

Joshua Sayer with his free

Tuba mute valued at $229.95.

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.

Noelle Baumann with

her free mute. ($139.95)

Rebbeca Butler with her free mute and her mastered Yamaha 667

Katie Berglof with her free mute valued at $139.95

Balu Musik

since 2002

sales@ionbalu.com

Toll free:

1.855.IB MUSIK

(1.855.426.8745)

Fax: 1.866.604.3986

Alex Avila from the University of Georgia studio

with his free Euphonium mute ($179.95)

Alonso Martinez and Jose Garza happily showing their

free Balu horn straight mutes

Ion Balu at the MidSouth horn workshop 2011 and Alex Kovling,

the winner of the solo competiton with his free Balu mute

Danielle Kuhlmann, member of the very dynamic Genghis Barbie all female

horn group, with her 3 Balu mutes and the Abalone valve caps #5. Note that

the mute in the middle is a Bling mute we created for the Barbie's and is

available exclusively from Siegfried's Call. You can purchase the Genghis

Barbie Bling mute here.

Please visit Genghis Barbie on their website.

Abalone #5 valve caps

Danielle on her valve caps: I got the valve caps bak yesterday!

They look AMAZING!!!Thank you! Can't wait for all the Barbies to have them!!

Quatuor CommeunaCor from Lille France with their Balu horn mutes. find them on Facebook here.

Dear Ion,

I think that I have been playing the horn long enough to say that without a doubt it is now a better horn in every way(...)

The notes are very centered in all registers without giving the feeling that I am being stuck in brackets. It also keeps the same resistance on every note giving the horn a much improved flow throughout.

I feel that the horn has kept all the qualities that I liked about the 8Ds but now plays like a very good hand made horn(...)

I will be talking a lot about your leadpipe and the work you have done to my horn(...)

I just came back from playing a very long brass quintet concert in Budapest and I can sincerely say that the lead pipe and the work you did on my horn made better and a lot easier to play.

Thank you again for all your work.

Javier Gandara, 4th horn, Metropolitan Opera New York

Javier's Conn 8D with our newly installed Liquid Double-Wall Leadpipe.

Tiger eye abalone

on a Schmid triple

World premiere:

Vesuvius custom guitars!

Give us 10 seconds, and we will give you better service.

How did you find us? You can check more than one.

What's new:

MB7 Leopard $100 off reg. price.

Hurry, only one left!

We have some mutes

available on clearance

SOLD!

Our newest horn model,

Primus Inter Pares (First Among Equals),

is available for testing or purchase.

Prices start at $8995.00.

Email us at sales@ionbalu.com to schedule your testing time and/or purchase. Please be patient; we thought we were prepared for this, but it seems that thanks to our commitment for quality and great customer service, we appear to be overwhelmed with requests!