Capo Capo A capo (short for "capodastro", "capo tasto" or "capotasto" , Italian for "head of fretboard"; Spanish: " cejilla" or "capodastro"; French: "capodastre"; German: "Kapodaster"; Portuguese: "capodastro", Serbo-Croatian: "kapodaster"; Greek: "kapotasta") is a device used on the neck of a stringed (typically fretted) instrument to shorten the playable length of the strings, hence raising the pitch. It is a common tool for players of guitars, mandolins, mandolas, banjos, ukuleles and bouzoukis. The word derives from the Italian "capotasto" which means the nut of a stringed instrument. The earliest known use of the term "capotasto" is by Giovanni Battista Doni who,
Marchione Guitars Marchione Guitars Marchione Guitars of Houston, Texas, is a manufacturer of stringed instruments, such as acoustic and electric guitars, fretless bass guitars, and violins. The company was founded in Manhattan by Stephen Raphael Marchione, and moved to Houston in 2001. Marchione has been a luthier since 1990. Marchione started building stringed instruments in 1990 after graduating from Naropa University where he received B.A. in Music. Marchione found an apprenticeship with Pensa-Suhr Guitars, and worked with John Suhr and Mas Hino, acquiring a reputation as an "expert luthier". He opened Marchione Guitars in 1993 on 20th St. After the September 11