capo 'astro bar?

Les Smith lessmith@buffnet.net
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 19:25:44 -0400 (EDT)



On Thu, 24 Sep 1998 JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 9/24/98 11:19:22 AM, Wim wrote:
> 
> <<He looked at CAPO D'ASTRO, and said, Capo means head. what does D'ASTRO
> mean?>>
> 
> Wim;
>  It is an archaic Italian term whose literal meaning is " makea you head swim
> with the different ways it can screw up the termination of a string"
>  OK?


In a word: NO! Nice try, Jim, but you didn't finish the rest of the 
translation, nor did you attribute it: 

(pardon my accent here)

...but is a lotta cheaper than them thar innadividual agraffes.  
 
--Bart Christofori (The day AFTER he invented the piano)   :)

Les Smith (I couldn't resist!)







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