Capo bars

[Richard Brekne]

Delwin D Fandrich wrote:

> According to Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos by Edwin M. 
> Good (Second Edition, 2001. Published by the Stanford University 
> Press, ), capo d' astro is essentially a meaningless term (at least as 
> applied to the piano) meaning "cap of the star." In other words it was 
> a marketing term. Capo tastro is Italian for "cap of the key" which at 
> least has some relationship to a component of the piano. Probably a 
> more meaningful term would be "capotasto," also from Italian, meaning 
> "head of the fingerboard." (According to the Merriam-Webster 11th 
> Collegiate Dictionary.)
>  


Grin... CAPOTASTO..... what a name for a restaurant !

anon