was Chc re-scl qtr grd trchd-now- GOLD plated wire.

[Fenton Murray]

Gold Plated, could be. My wife's mutt will recover, Ron, so no worries. I'll 
send some out, just an inch or two though, it GOLD for cryin' out loud.
So, a wire of a specific material, stretched to a given pitch, will be at a 
specific breaking point % regardless of it's diameter. Is this correctly 
stated? I never stop learning.
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: chickering quarter grand-re-scale trichords


>
>> Ron,
>> You know it hurts my feelings when you talk to me like that. Now I'm just 
>> going to go take it out on someone else. I just laid some on a magnet, 
>> yes the magnet attracts the wire, I would not have thought otherwise.
>
> Hi Fenton,
> I just thought that would pretty easily rule out phosphor bronze or 
> anything else non ferrous, and got a chance to pick on you too. <G>
>
>
>>I don't know about the non-living organic particulate material make up, 
>>but there is so much I don't know, it's astounding. For the life of me, I 
>>probably would have kept a scrap of this wire in a drawer to my dying day 
>>with out ever wondering what it was, now with an interest in analyzing the 
>>scales of the pianos I string and this talk of break point %, I'd like to 
>>know.
>
> My memory isn't what it probably never was anymore, but then how would I 
> know? I do recall list talk of a piano with gold plated music wire though, 
> and I think that's what you've got.
>
>
>>Can I mail you a piece?
>> Fenton
>
> Of music wire, right? I haven't seen any of the stuff yet so, yes! I'd be 
> honored.
> Ron N
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