those @#$%&*! silks

[Clark]

Hi,

Mark wrote:

> I would think silk cord would be a much better choice than
> carpet thread...

and Terry wrote:

> I do NOT use silk, 
> or carpet thread or anything of the sort, but rather 15lb. monofilament


I tested two replacement materials by burning: Yamaha's smells like
plastic, Pianotek's like cotton.

Wool fibers can be bent over on themselves 20000 times, opposed to 2000
for cotton and 1000 for silk, if I remember correctly. I'm sure similar
information is available for synthetic monofilaments, and I would guess
it decreases for larger diameters: perhaps the reason Yamaha's is cord.


CLark