miracle metal titanium?

[Steve Fujan]

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Cy, all metals flex when subjected to load, some more than others.  Sounds
like you have adapted well to the flex that will inherently occur using
your titanium tuning lever.  You might find
www.fujanproducts.com/why.phpinteresting reading.
Steve Fujan


On 12/3/05, Cy Shuster <741662027@theshusters.org> wrote:
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> I was wondering the same thing the other day, when I got my new glasses o=
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> "some kind of titanium".  They're light, strong, and twist and flex
> easily,
> returning to their previous shape.  Then I wondered: how can this be the
> same titanium that I like in the shaft of my tuning lever, because it
> doesn't flex at all?
>
> --Cy--
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 12:26 AM
> Subject: Re: miracle metal titanium?
>
>
> >> 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 th=
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> >> combination of its physical and chemical properties: strength,
> >> non-corroding and low weight have appeal for use in certain
> applications.
> >>
> >> Jurgen Goering
> >
> > Tuning levers, for instance, where the stiffness to weight ratio is
> > useful. Anything else, it seems, depends.
> >
> > Ron N
>
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