Mute for stringed instruments

In a musical instrument having a hollow body, a fingerboard attached to said body, a plurality of strings stretched along said fingerboard, and at least one sound hole in said body providing acoustic communication between the interior and the exterior thereof, the improvement comprising:

• a removable member of soft, flexible, sound-absorbing material located adjacent the exterior of each sound hole and forming a substantially complete closure for the same, and resilient means secured to said member, extending into the sound hole closed by said member said resilient means bearing against the periphery of the sound hole into which it extends and thereby holding said member in position.