capo-hardening vs hardened capo rod

[Richard Moody]

I am wondering why not use a simple rod as in some uprights for the string
cross over instead of a cast iron capo bar with all the vaguries involved?
The rod would offer an exact diameter and precise hardness since it would
be added on in the manufactoring process.    ---ric

----- Original Message -----
From: jolly roger <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 8:25 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: capo-hardening?


| >
| >Hi Ed,
| >           The case hardening from the quenching is typically less than
| 1mm deep, so it does not take too much dressing to file through it.
| >Roger
| >
| >
| >At 10:26 PM 9/23/01 -0500, you wrote:
| >>Mark-
| >>I've tried burnishing the capo after dressing with file and emery
paper. It
| >>didn't do any harm, the section sounded clear, but this was just as
part of
| >>restringing, it was not a piano with zingers.
| >>Ed S.
| >
|