> > I would tend to go with what was designed in the piano. > Emory cloth will make the smallest change. We don't want to > flatten it out though. String grooves are usually not very deep. It > seems to me that a sharper capo means less surface area to > take the pressure of the string and possibly more cutting into > the capo. > > David I. I agree in principal. To get a capo bar any smaller in diameter than its actual width would require machining, I think, unless it is cast like the V bar in uprights. But the those looked machined after they were cast. I don't see how you can flatten it out by shoe shining no matter what diameter or shape it was. ---ric
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