Pure Sound Wire

[Farrell]

>From the http://www.puresound-wire.com/ web site:

Tensile strength 8 - 18% below usual pianowire(see "Wire Data").

Thanks David. I had not heard any reports/rumors. Good to hear that someone
is saying good things.

Apparently their web site has not been updated. Their ad in the June PTG
Journal indicates that they have available a new stronger version of their
stainless steel wire "for 20th century pianos".

And from Ron N.:
"You guys are neglecting your Journals. The July 2000 issue has an article
"The Industrial Revolution and Piano Wire" with tables for gauges/diameters
and breaking strengths."

I have read that very interesting article several times. The new wire data
is not in the article cited - nor is it on their web site. And besides, I
was asking about any personal experiences with it.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Stanwood" <dstanwood@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: Pure Sound Wire


> From what I gather the tensile strength of the stainless Pure-Sound wire
is
> lower than carbon.  So if you have a carbon string at say 60% of it
breaking
> tension the same string in stainless would be at a higher break point
> percent.  So I gather that scaling is a big consideration... I.E. low
> tension scales only for this stuff!  Does the manufacturer supply tech
> support and info?  I've heard glowing reports of the tone with the
stainless
> wire but also many reports of string breakage...
>
> Stanwood
>
>
> >From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Subject: Pure Sound Wire
> >Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 06:33:40 -0400
> >
> >Has anyone used the new Pure Sound stainless steel piano wire yet? What
> >type
> >of piano. What kind of results? Even if you have not used it, any
thoughts?
> >I'm temped to try it, but not until I can get some idea of what to
expect.
> >Thanks
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> >
> >
>
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