Old brass capo

[sjw]

Can anyone help me with information about this capo please?

[Mandoplumb]

Old first generation Hamilton?

[allenhopkins]

Some older screw-type capos shown here.

The mechanism does look a lot like a Hamilton design.

[rcc56]

Reminds me of the old Hamiltons I used when I was a kid in the '60's, but those were heavily plated. Yours looks much older. My guess is it was made no later than '50's, perhaps as early as the '30's.

[Ray(T)]

Looks home made to me - what we in the UK would refer to as "Shed Work".

[Nevin]

Frets.com has a section on capos. According to it this design has been around for a long time. http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Musi...apo/capo1.html

[mandroid]

The 4 strings out of 5 and tenor banjos & tenor guitars are the market for those capos, primarily..

[Nevin]

The 4 strings out of 5 and tenor banjos & tenor guitars are the market for those capos, primarily..

Interesting, I mostly see them used on guitar by singers/players who like to be able to use the open chord forms in different keys.

[Steve Ostrander]

I vaguely remember having one like that years ago. Not brass though--chromed steel.

[Tim N]

Some older screw-type capos shown here.

I've got one of those unidentified brass capos from the 60s - it was given to me when I bought a guitar in the 80s in Denmark St at Andy's Guitar Shop. I used it a lot - very reliable, but tends to bite edge of the fret board (of my bouzouki) a bit, and the cork needs replacing.