How the other half music

From a book about a deceased musician who spent some time as part of an iconic band, a quote by another member of said band, about a third, also deceased:

"[Band member] had like eight Ovation guitars that all had to be tuned up, to save him putting on a capo." [Italics mine]

For my next filkcon set I will be requiring twelve keyboards, each one transposed up a semitone, to save me bothering with the black notes...