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

[Fenton Murray]

Not quite. Music wire of a given *speaking length* at a given
> pitch will be of similar break% regardless of it's diameter. Changing the 
> speaking length or pitch will change the break%, but just changing wire 
> size won't (though it will change tension).
> Ron N
Yes, Yes, much better.
>I bet the stuff looks really impressive in a piano
Probably looks amazing when new but I didn't notice anything unusual until 
de-stringing. No corrosion though.
The gold's in the mail.
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: was Chc re-scl qtr grd trchd-now- GOLD plated wire.


>
>> Gold Plated, could be. My wife's mutt will recover, Ron, so no worries.
>
> That's a relief. Meanwhile, search "gold plated" in the archives.
>
>
>> I'll send some out, just an inch or two though, it GOLD for cryin' out 
>> loud.
>
> No fair scraping it off first. <G>
> I bet the stuff looks really impressive in a piano. So far, the only gold 
> strings I've seen are those where someone has sprayed a plate, strings, 
> tuning pins, damper heads, and parts of the soundboard. But I don't think 
> that counts.
>
>
>> 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
>
> Not quite. Music wire of a given *speaking length* at a given pitch will 
> be of similar break% regardless of it's diameter. Changing the speaking 
> length or pitch will change the break%, but just changing wire size won't 
> (though it will change tension).
> Ron N
>
>