---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I stand corrected. In a previous post I made the assumption that titanium was titanium, but a bit of research has shown me that this is not so. Apparently, pure titanium is actually quite soft. However, it is rarely used in its chemically pure form. Its alloys with small amounts of aluminum and vanadium and sometimes tin yield a metal which is very hard and has a high tensile strength. (This is probably the stuff that was dulling my hack saw blades!) So I guess the statement that the bridge pins (or anything else in a piano) are made of titanium doesn't really say very much in regards to strength, unless the alloy is known (eg. Ti-6/6/2: aircraft grade). As Ron Nossaman said, there seems to be certain fascination for titanium going about, and perhaps one can even speak of a fad. But who knows where it will be used in pianos of the future, and to what effect? Surely the combination of its physical and chemical properties: strength, non-corroding and low weight have appeal for use in certain applications. Jurgen Goering Piano Forte Supply (250) 754-2440 info@pianofortesupply.com http://www.pianofortesupply.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1161 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/12/a2/36/f3/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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