<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [CAUT] capo work</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Yeah, you don't want to do "fast work" on that capo surface.</DIV> <DIV>The bottoms of the little "gutters" have been work hardened, and you want to save them. </DIV> <DIV>Just lower the walls of the gutters to reduce noise.</DIV> <DIV>Ed S.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From: <A title=jim_busby@byu.edu href="mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu">Jim Busby</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</A> ; <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and UniversityTechnicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 5:10 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Subject: Re: [CAUT] capo work</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Hi,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The radius should be a certain sped but I can’t remember what that is. Ted Sambell posted it last year. The “Medium” size is what I have. I called Bill Spurlock and that’s what he said to use.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> If you had both grits that would be faster but the 300 cuts plenty fast. I go the entire length back and forth. It really takes little work with the diamond file. I tried another file w/o diamonds and it took about 4 times as long.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Jim<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:36 PM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] capo work<o:p></o:p></DIV> <o:p> </o:p> Jim,<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> What do you mean by radius specs?   Also, looking at the diamond file...do you run the file down the entire length of the capo with this file?   I found something by Joe Garrett about filing capos this way...the way I've done it in the past...Is the 300 grit the way to go?   May the 150 grit for the fast work? David Ilvedson, RPT <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Pacifica</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94044</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: black 2.25pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> Original message From: "Jim Busby" <JIM_BUSBY@BYU.EDU>  </JIM_BUSBY@BYU.EDU>To: "<st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName>" <CAUT@PTG.ORG>  </CAUT@PTG.ORG>Received: 12/10/2007 7:47:32 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] capo work<o:p></o:p> Google “Stewart MacDonald”. Look for diamond fret files. I asked about the radius specs over the phone and can’t remember which one was best but I do know the small WON’T work. I’ll see if I can give you better info later.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Jim <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:35 AM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [CAUT] capo work<o:p></o:p></DIV>  <o:p></o:p> Jim Where does one get one of these? Paul <o:p></o:p> <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="WIDTH: 100%" cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 40%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" vAlign=top width="40%"> Jim Busby <jim_busby@byu.edu> Sent by: caut-bounces@ptg.org <o:p></o:p> 12/10/2007 07:22 AM <o:p></o:p> <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" vAlign=top bgColor=white> Please respond to <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> <caut@ptg.org><o:p></o:p></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>  <o:p></o:p></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; WIDTH: 59%; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" vAlign=top width="59%"> <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="WIDTH: 100%" cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" vAlign=top> To<o:p></o:p></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" vAlign=top> "<st1:PersonName w:st="on">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</st1:PersonName>" <<st1:PersonName w:st="on">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</st1:PersonName>>, College and University        Technicians <caut@ptg.org> <o:p></o:p></TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" vAlign=top> cc<o:p></o:p></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" vAlign=top>  <o:p></o:p></TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" vAlign=top> Subject<o:p></o:p></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" vAlign=top> Re: [CAUT] capo work<o:p></o:p></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>  <o:p></o:p> <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" vAlign=top>  <o:p></o:p></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" vAlign=top>  <o:p></o:p></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>  <o:p></o:p></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Hi David,   Stewart MacDonald guitar fret files are the best. DON’T get the cheaper ones. Get the diamond files. They work quickly with 150 and 300 grits, and then follow with 400 and 600 sandpaper and buff. 15 minutes tops. Perfect every time.   Jim Busby BYU   <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 1:11 PM To: caut@ptg.org; pianotech@ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] capo work   What are techs using to file capo bars before restringing?   I've read that guitar fret files were being used...I'm interested in the type of file and any technique used.  I'm thinking a 2 mm radius...?   I am reading the archives on this and some good articles in the Journal...   David Ilvedson, RPT <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Pacifica</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94044</st1:PostalCode></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>