Capo Bar

[Ron Nossaman]

At 06:39 AM 11/12/1999 -0800, you wrote: 
>
> Greetings!
>  
> In the five years of this Mason & Hamlin grand, all of the 50+ strings have
> broken in the area where they pass under the capo bar.  Not one string has
> broken in the mid treble range, and only a few in the bass (which I can
> understand).  All of the hammers were reshaped and voiced a few months back,
> and a string has broken.  Do you think the capo bar is too sharp?
>  
>  
> Matthew




No, I think the counterbearing angle is too steep. Forty five degrees is kind
of extreme. 


Ron N