What is "sordino"

1. n. a mute for a violin [syn: sourdine]

2. [also: sordini (pl)]

Con Sordino is a musical instruction telling a musician to use a mute - see Mute (music)

It can also refer to:

• An instruction for a pianist to use the soft pedal which mutes the instrument
• Sordun, a family of archaic double-reed instruments
• Surdellina or Sordellina, a 17th-century bagpipe
• kit violin, a small string instrument
• Clavichord (from its quiet sound)