Abstract: The object of the invention is a bowed instrument comprising a body (2) and a neck (1), the upper face of the body (2) being the top plate (4), at the bottom of which a tailpiece is disposed secured to the bottom of the instrument, the strings (14) being disposed in a tensioned state, supported from below by a bridge, between the tailpiece and the scroll (8) of the neck (1). The bowed instrument according to the invention comprises a tailpiece (16) that is adapted to retain the bottom portion of the strings (14), has an arcuate triangular shape, has an asymmetrically shaped body made of a multilayered material, and is rounded along the periphery of its body, wherein bores (20) adapted for receiving the strings (14) are disposed at the bottom corner (a) and along the arced portion (9) extending between the two upper corners (b, c) thereof.

Abstract: A three-position mute for use with a musical stringed instrument, such mute having an elongated body with two pairs of legs extending therefrom, a slot defined between each pair of legs, a pair of notches defined in the bottom of the elongated body, such notches for engagement with selected strings of the musical instrument in selected modes of use and the slots for engagement on the musical instrument's bridge in a selected mode of use, such modes of use including a bridge engagement position in a first mode of use, a bridge-contacting position in a second mode of use, and a resting position with the mute installed on the strings between the bridge and the tailpiece.

Abstract: The invention proposes a chin rest for a string instrument, e.g. a violin or fiddle, that is equipped, in its chin rest plate, with an opening that enables a better conformance of the chin rest to the human contour and that is possibly held in pivotable fashion to the body of the string instrument and, therewith, can follow the pivoting motions of the head of the person using the instrument. Furthermore, the chin rest is combined with a so-called damper support.

Abstract: A fixedly mounted mute for stringed instruments is provided through clamp means which permit selective manual securement and clamping to the portions of the strings located between the instrument's bridge and the string holder, or tailpiece, to which the strings secure. The construction takes advantage of the characteristics of the material of the clamp means and is of such nature as to prevent dislodgement, or movement thereof due to vibration from the instrument or due to manual manipulation of the mute between operative and inoperative positions. The size of the attachment is nominal so as to render the attachment compatible with the interior dimensions of existing carrying cases for the instruments.

Abstract: A stringed instrument for training purposes resembles the usual instrument but comprises a body of sound-damping material which replaces the resonance-box to reduce exterior sound, the sound of the strings being transmitted to the ears of the user by a listening device.

Abstract: A mute of soft, flexible sound-absorbing material, located adjacent the exterior of each sound-hole in a stringed instrument to form a substantially complete closure for the same, imparts a new and distinctive sound to the instrument.