<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>> The capo through the whole = piano is fine from a termination standpoint, but I'd want something in the capo to = space the strings evenly.  When you get down to the point of tri-chord = dampers string spacing gets very important.  <BR>> <BR>> Good = point.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Calin Tantareanu sent me this = picture of his Schweighofe piano. Here is one solution to string = alignment for the capo.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Funny how pianos used to = evolve.</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:00ac01c5a11e$881474e0$0201a8c0@youro0kwkw9jwc" = align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>> Those half agraffes in the old = Knabe capos, what were they made of?  Brass or something harder?<BR>> = <BR>> I thought it was brass.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In Knabes also? Or are we thinking of Chickerings?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry = Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>