The Sterner Capo Museum

The

Sterner TM

Capo Museum

Visitors:

Capos have been in existence for more than 200 years and they are designed in many ways. Since 1850 there are more than 130 capo patents, some are smart and some are really crazy. There seem to be few musicians among the designers - or the other way round.
Right now, 230 different capos - old and new - are displayed in my museum. I'm very proud that one of them is my own design! See if you can find it.
Enjoy!

Take a look at the capos:

Yoke around the neck:		Strap around the neck:
Screw Spring Lever Springy yoke *		Elastic Nonelastic
Attached from the side:		Attached from above:
Screw Spring Lever Clutch *		Screw

Special Capos:

5th String Banjo Capos	Bass Capo
Resophonic Capos	Built In Capos
Dulcimer Capos	Capo Guitars
Fiddle Capos	Poor Boy Capos

Read:

Capo History	A Very Useful Tool
Capo Problems	Fingertips, Nuts & Capos
Preserving Tone & Tuning	Partial Capoing
Capo Humor

P.S.
Do you have information about capos that you think is missing on these pages? Perhaps you own a capo that I don't have? Please drop me a line.

WANTED:
Any capo not presented in the museum.
Here are a few things I want.

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