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

[John Delacour]

At 11:19 -0500 24/7/08, Ron Nossaman wrote:

>...Music wire of a given *speaking length* at a given pitch will be 
>of similar break% regardless of it's diameter.

Yes, for practical purposes it's a fair rule of thumb but in fact the 
more the wire is drawn the greater its tensile strength for a given 
cross section, so that a thinner wire will reach a _slightly_ smaller 
percentage of its breaking strength for a given pitch and speaking 
length.  The amount involved is hardly likely to solve any practical 
problem.

JD