Baldwin D winding material

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> List,
>
> Looked at a Baldwin D for "re-whatever" earlier this week.  The serial
> number dates to 1954.  One odd thing was that the mono-chord windings
> were copper, but the bi-chords were wound with iron.  Is this original?
> Is it unusual to have part copper and part iron?  Any and all comments
> regarding Baldwin D string scale welcome.
>
> thanks
>
> Mike

Yes, it could certainly be original. The SD-6s that I've run across all
had that arrangement. I suspect that it might have started during WWII
when copper was needed for the war effort. - Just a guess on that, but
I've had them rescaled and improved with all copper.

Conrad