Hex wire

Paul S. Larudee larudee@pacbell.net
Fri, 14 May 1999 21:56:43 -0700


Ron Nossaman wrote:
> 
> Paul,
> Being entirely in favor of scientific inquiry of all sorts, especially those
> generating reclaimable waste, I thought I would show my support for your
> project by supplying a few wrap weighting factors for various potential
> string wrap materials.
> 
> copper = .89
> iron = .79
> aluminum = .27
> gold = 1.96
> platinum = 2.17
> silver = 1.06
> lead = 1.15
> tungsten = 1.83
> mercury = 1.38
> 
> You might have a little trouble with the inharmonicity figures with the
> tungsten, but not nearly as much as you will with trying to keep the mercury
> on the core.
> 
> Good luck, and keep us posted.
>  Ron

Ron,

I'm going to try a set with different wrapping on each note.  Do you
happen to have the figures for lithium and plutonium?

Paul


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