At 08:34 8/26/2002 -0700, you wrote: >From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: how many pianos...? > > > ....Foundry castings need time to "cure" for strength.... > >Do you have any technical reference for this? I've been trying to track down >solid information on the subject for some time--but to no avail. It's long >been assumed and talked about--at least within the piano industry--but I'm >after specific details. What 'strength' parameters change over time? >Stiffness? Impact strength? Compression strength? What? > >Del I don't know about strength, but the speil I got at S&S was that that "curing" time was to allow for relief of internal stresses. Don't ask me how, or just what stresses they were. dat's jus whut i heared. Conrad Hoffsommer Early to rise, early to bed, Makes a man healthy, but socially dead.
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