Patent ID: 8269087

Claim:
A mute for a horn-type musical instrument, said mute comprising a freely resonating body including an opening therein to permit air flow into a cavity internal to said body, said body being adapted to fit at least partially into the bell of an instrument to thereby change the timbre of the sound generated by said instrument relative to said sound generated prior to placement of said mute into said bell of said instrument said body having n number of first facets wherein n is an integer from 3 to 99 and each of said first facets has a thickness of less than 1 inch and greater then 0.01 inch, said body having o number of second facets wherein o is an integer from 1 to 99 and each of said second facets has a thickness of less than 1 inch and greater then 0.01 inch, and wherein there is a central plane P about which the mute is symmetrical through a centerline of said body.