Yes, very similar to mine made from a clothes peg. I suggest trying one
made from simple materials for a test and, if it works, make a nice one
with decent wood. Necessity IS sometimes the mother of inventions!
Thank you for the photo.
Colin Hill
On 16/11/2012 22:01, Leonard Williams wrote:
> I've attached a photo of a simple wedge capo I use. It's held in place
> by string tension. The notch is positioned so that the string pulls the
> capo against both the soundboard and the keybox.
>
> Regards,
> Leonard Williams
>
> From: Augusto de Ornellas Abreu <
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> Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 1:56 PM
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> Subject: Re: [HG-new] Capo without capos…
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> Some pictures might help us understand your capo design, Ruth!
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Ruth Bramley <
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>
> Hi Arle
>
> I regularly tune my trompette up to D, which is fine. I also have a
> homemade capo that I occasionally put under the trompette if I want,
> say, a G. This consists of a prism-shaped piece of wood with a small
> notch cut into it. This sits on the soundboard, with the trompette
> string in the notch, and acts as a nut/bridge. I can move it along
> the soundboard to get the correct note.If you're not happy tuning
> the trompette up to D, you could leave it at C, but put something
> like this wooden block under to raise it to D.There's no reason why
> you couldn't also make one to go under the gros bourdon to put it up
> to A. I'd leave the petit bourdon off the wheel, and then on the
> chanterelles play either a D or an A.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Cheers
> Ruthie
>
>
>
> On 16/11/2012 18:11, Arle Lommel wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Got an unusual question. I have a C/G instrument but have been asked to provide a drone in D as part of an Advent processional as part of a program put on by my children’s school at the Berliner Dom in a few weeks. (I know, drone only is boring, but that is what they need.)
>>
>> The problem I face is that they need a rich drone sound in Ds and As, but there is no way I'm going to tune directly up (last time I tried I lost a drone string, and I can tell even going to C♯ that the tension is higher than I want to go).
>>
>> My instrument does not have drone capos. While I have thought of making some using harp levers and wooden supports under them, I've never gotten around to it. (I've also thought of nondestructively fitting a fret board under my drones with a clip-type capo, but that is a major project and I don't have the tools right now to do it.
>>
>> So the question is if any of you have any good suggestions for how to (a) easily and (b) cheaply raise the pitch of my drone strings. I don't want to restring for this event (nor do I want to buy new strings at the moment). I tried using clothes pins to grip the strings, but I find that they do not grip the strings firmly enough, so the results only work if I grip the clothes pin by hand and force it to shut harder. Not an ideal way to do it. So any ideas would be most welcome.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> ARle
>>
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