[pianotech] Capo shaping

[Will Truitt]

Why, that's just much too clever, William!  I think I'll have to do that
myself.  

Will Truitt

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of William Monroe
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 9:43 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Capo shaping

Hey,

I thought I was the only one who did that!  Actually, now I use the
chainfall to put on a tilter and then cart it to a workbench in the middle
of the shop, flip it, slide it, there you have it.  Comfortable work height.

I find it less troubling to flip the plate, but you could probably use (one
of) my method without flipping.

I think I've posted this before, but I've used wood epoxy or something
similar to make a mold of the capo.  Lay a piece of coarse emery cloth on
the capo, squish the wood epoxy onto the cloth and tape a cork sanding block
on it to keep the pressure consistent until it cures.  End result is a
shaped "sanding" block for your capo.  Of course, the existing profile needs
to be one you like <G>

William R. Monroe



>I lay my plates on my upright tilter and sit on a low cheapie office 
>chair with wheels. My back doesn't hurt from the filing either.
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> Terry Farrell
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Capo shaping
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>>> My back hurts.  Has anyone got a good method/set up for viewing the 
>>> capo for reshaping without flipping the plate. David Love
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>> Yea, but bending over to do it makes my back hurt. <G>
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>> Sorry, no.
>> Ron N
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