Attachable accessory for changing the timbre of a stringed instrument

An attachable accessory for changing the timbre of a stringed instrument, comprising

• a body having a vertical opening formed from a top surface through to a bottom surface and further having a horizontal slot formed in the bottom surface from one edge of the body into the vertical opening, the bottom surface being attachable to a stringed instrument under a string;
• an adjustment rod within the horizontal slot, comprising:
• a handle at an outer end extending outside the slot;
• and
• an upwardly angled inner end within the vertical opening in the body;
• a dampener within the vertical opening and associated with the string of the stringed instrument to which the accessory is attached, the dampener comprising:
• a dampener body;
• a soft fabric covering a top surface of the dampener body;
• and
• a bottom surface having a horizontal groove with a downwardly angled top surface, the angle of the groove corresponding to the angle of the adjustment rod;
• wherein:
• when the adjustment rod is pushed inwardly, the dampener moves upward in the vertical opening whereby the soft fabric applies pressure to the string of the instrument;
• and
• when the adjustment rod is pulled outwardly, the dampener moves downward in the vertical opening whereby the pressure on the string is reduced.

A method for changing the timbre of a stringed instrument, comprising:

• attaching a bottom surface of an accessory body to a stringed instrument under the strings, the accessory body having a plurality of dampeners and a like plurality of adjustment rods, each dampener associated with at least one string and each adjustment rod associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of dampeners;
• moving an adjustment rod inwardly to move the associated dampener upward to increase pressure against the at least one associated string;
• and
• moving the adjustment rod outwardly to move the associated dampener downward to decrease the pressure against the at least one associated string,
• wherein the stringed instrument has six strings and the plurality of dampeners is three, and wherein:
• moving each adjustment rod inwardly increases pressure against two associated strings;
• and
• moving each adjustment rod outwardly decreases pressure against the two associated strings.