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Topic: LENO capo sleeve? |
Bryan Bradfield
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Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Posted 6 Jun 2003 5:52 pm |
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The sleeve of my LENO Hawaiian guitar capo is crumbling into dust. Has anyone replaced their sleeve using conventional hardware store material, or medical tubing material of some sort? If so, what worked for you?
Bryan Bradfield |
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Gene Jones
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Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 6 Jun 2003 6:33 pm
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An unused piece of the drain hose from a motorcycle battery, cut to the proper length and slipped over the capo surface, has always worked well for me!
Gene
www.genejones.com |
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Jeff Watson
From:
Anza, CA. USA
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Posted 6 Jun 2003 8:43 pm
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| Surgical tubing works well (medical supply store), get a small enough size that it needs to be forced on (lube with water). |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Bryan Bradfield
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Posted 11 Jun 2003 5:23 pm
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It was suggested on the resoguit list,for resonator guitarists, that Lee Valley Tools in Canada was a source of tubing. Lee Valley
offers 3/16" and 3/4" tubing. I visited my local medical supply house
(Shoppers Drug Mart). I thought the 3/16" looked too small. The 3/4" is
definitely too large. I got a foot of 3/16" for $1.00 Canadian.
I found that the LENO capo company manufacturing procedure is to use
talcum powder as a lubricant. It didn't work for me. Using the soapy
water suggested by the fellow who suggested the Lee Valley Tool Company, the tubing was on in an instant.
Comparing the newly installed 3/16" latex natural rubber tubing to the
original tubing on my second LENO capo, it appears to be the correct
size of tubing. The capo works well. No adjustments needed. The good tone is back.
Subsequent comments about latex indicated that it may degrade more
quickly than other materials. However, when one can readily and
inexpensively pick up replacement material, and it is easily installed,
then there is not such a big problem.
Thanks for the advice folks.
Bryan Bradfield[This message was edited by Bryan Bradfield on 14 June 2003 at 09:16 PM.] |
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Bryan Bradfield
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Posted 18 Aug 2012 10:46 am
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I know this topic is REALLY old, but I just now needed to replace the sleeves on my LENO capos, and needed to refer back to this thread for the sleeve size.
So, I managed to get 9 years out my current sleeves.
For the record, fresh 3/16 inch surgical tubing should be cut to 3 inches in length. This will bunch together during the installation process so that the finished length, on the capo, will be 2-9/16 inches.
This time around, a foot of tubing cost $1.56 Canadian.
I know that LENO capos just came back into production this year, but $1.56 keeps me going for another 9 years.
See you in 2021. |
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