Ron, Thanks for the confirmation, thats just exactly what I did. David I. -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Overs Pianos Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 1:58 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Spring steel David Ilvedson and list, David wrote; >I need to replace an underlever spring . >. . . I measured the diameter at .029 or >14.5 in piano wire (guage). Couldn't I use this instead of spring >steel, whatever >that is? Yes you could. Piano wire is just 1080 alloy carbon steel, ie. one of the spring steel alloys. It has a carbon content of 0.80% and makes excellent spring stock. Regards, Ron Overs -- _________________________ Website: www.overspianos.com.au Email: ron@overspianos.com.au _________________________
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