I don't know of any sources for a lute capo. I remember seeing a cittern in a museum that took a rather unique approach to the capo. It had holes bored into the fingerboard into which metal posts on a corresponding capo could be snapped. I have no idea of the age of the instrument and I know practically nothing about cittern history, so this might not even be unusual.
Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Tue, 8/23/11, William Samson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: William Samson <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Renaissance lute & string length > To: "Edward Martin" <[email protected]>, "howard posner" > <[email protected]>, "Lute List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 10:23 AM > Is there any > evidence that capos were ever used with lutes? > > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
