capo buzz

[Mark Cramer]

How did you route out the bar Dennis, and to what profile... "V" or "U" ?

thanks,
Mark Cramer
Brandon University 

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
Dennis Johnson
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:26 AM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: capo buzz


For what it is worth- I have shaped and polished several bars on large
pianos by restringing one half of each treble section at a time.  It is a
dirty job and somewhat awkward filing the bar while watching a mirror
placed on the keybed- but very doable.  Not a bad idea to check and pull
the bridge pins if necessary while you are that far anyway.  Everything
else said about the spacing and stringing was good too.  Once I even
carefully routed out the duplex bar in front of the cappo to seat a brass
rod of correctly higher dimension to give a better angle of termination-
somewhere between 17 and 20 degrees.  No more than 21, for that range.

good luck-

dennis johnson
St. Olaf

(never been so burned out by fall break, and looking forward to the calm).

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