Patent ID: 6998526

Claim:
A capo device for a stringed musical instrument having a series of strings extending along a fretboard with spaced frets, the device comprising: a series of capo elements each having a recess or aperture, each said element being slidable on an associated string which passes along a string path and through said recess or aperture in the element, each said element having an underside adjacent said fretboard and being dimensioned so that when held against the fretboard the element stops the string on which it is mounted at the adjacent fret, wherein said fretboard incorporates ferromagnetic material; and wherein said elements each incorporate a horseshoe type permanent magnet having opposed poles both located on the underside of said element so as to interact with said ferromagnetic material and being capable of holding said element against the fretboard at one of a number of selected positions during the playing of the instrument, while allowing movement of the element along the respective string to a stored position when not in use.