capo work

[Richard Brekne]

Try filing capos on newer Hamburg instruments.  Even very good steel 
files feel like they are slipping over glass. They harden the capo now 
over here and go with about a 0.7 mm profile... a bit more rounded then 
in earlier years.  I dont think it helps their front duplex tradeoff 
problem much myself.  Just had to do one because of some fellows very 
aggressive string leveling procedures. The fellow actually managed to 
make some significant dents in that capo.  6 year old D.

Cheers
RicB


     >The scraping idea is intriguing...although I've never found cast
     >iron hard to file...

    No, nor have I, but to achieve a perfectly regular 2mm or other
    radius along the length of the bar using files strikes me as a bit of
    a challenge.

    JD