At 6:28 PM -0500 24/1/03, Farrell wrote: >Hello Ron. I there anything you can tell us about hardening the capo. Yes but unfortunately I am not prepared to publish it on the list, since I'm not prepared to hand a process to the major manufacturers 'on a plate'. >I've seen you write about that before. Is this something you do in your shop? Yes, and its a routine procedure that we've been using on all rebuilds since 1995. >Do you do it to all pianos? Do you have a method of testing the >hardness of the capo? I use a piano wire off cut, holding it perpendicular to the bar an hitting the wire with a hammer to check relative deformation between the bar and the wire (obviously this test is done at the ends of the bars and not where the strings contact the bar). Ron O. -- _______________________ OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY Grand Piano Manufacturers Web: http://overspianos.com.au mailto:info@overspianos.com.au _______________________
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