Hi all, Back to my picture of the Seiler capo/v-bar. I'm sorry if I'm sounding like a broken record, but I would like to hear of your filing experience. I've never been one to look much at the capo/v-bar on grands, so I'm not familiar with the different "styles" out there. This Seiler is a different design than Steinway. I took at look at a Kawai GS-40 I worked on last week and it has the same set-up or one very similar to the Seiler. Am I correct in assuming that the gray "hump" is the only hardened part? I see the lighter & what looks like a flat surface from which the gray part protrudes. It seems odd to see two such different surfaces like that--well, I guess strange, compared to the sort of all-in-one Steinway set up. In the picture, the area where the first string is located doesn't look very impressive to me (uneven, less gray, more light colored surface), which I find troubling. In general, it seems to me to get a good v-shape, I would need to grind off the edge of the light colored surface (is there potential harm in doing that?)--or do you just work with the small gray surface and leave the light colored surface alone? It seems like it would be difficult to only work on the gray--but I could be mistaken since I haven't gotten my grimy little hands on it yet. I had a go at some capo filing yesterday (on a different piano), just to get some practice. Well, that certainly is work! One reason I am exploring this avenue, is my customer is rather picky and would prefer it if I didn't use "add-ons" (like pitch-locks--I practiced using those yesterday, too). I would be more inclined to use the brass half round or half oval (of which I now have a nice selection), because IMO, it would look less like--"see, there's a problem here!" I will end up doing whatever it takes, but I would like him to be pleased, if possible. Thanks, Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, IL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060321/a3c14daa/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2005_0306capofiling0001.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 101316 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060321/a3c14daa/attachment-0001.jpe
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