I'm a wedge or clothes pin person. I too only use it on the trompette. I have toyed with a few ideas (yet to be tried) of reducing the friction so maybe you'll be the one to see if they work. Thin rubber (maybe from an old bicycle inner tube) glued to the base of the wedge. Non-slip matting (used for trays to stop plates sliding around) - very cheap (99p from Home Bargains for more than you'd ever need). Neither of these should, in theory, mark the finish and the latter is very slip-resistant (available in black or cream - it's a sort of webbing construction) . My final thoughts are the new silicon cookware - again, fairly cheap and I just couldn't trust baking a cake in one anyway! There's also special matting one can buy from a store selling goods for the disabled which has more of a jelly (jello to those in the US) feel and which holds plates and utensils very firmly to the tray. I did have some of this which my late mother used but I think I threw it out (when will I ever need that syndrome). Should all work on either a clothes pin or a nicely made wedge of the wood of choice. I'm thinking of carving a nice little wedge capo out of some lignum or ebony I have in my "don't throw away" box. Thanks for getting my little grey cells working.
Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Currier To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [HG-new] Capos I like this wedge idea. The only place I need a capo is on the trompette and I have an historic, so fancy new harp levers (which I'm quite familiar with, as 3 of my 5 harps have levers) would look odd. Could some sort of footing on the bottom of the wedge be helpfufl? Not sure what, but something that adds friction, my mind just went to a little square of silicon. Don't know if that's available, maybe something painted on? How about rosin? All the Best, Barbara On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Leonard Williams <[email protected]> wrote: I play a D/G instrument. I like to use a capo on the g drones to give me an a for A Dorian, which crops up regularly. A capo for e on my d drone is also very helpful. I use simple homemade wedges: they work fine, but tend to drift. They main thing is that a capo should not move the string away from its ideal situation at the wheel. Regards, Leonard Williams -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
