This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment And If I haven't created enough confusion yet, I'll toss out another = one: Just why do we think gray iron is the best of all possible materials to = use for piano plates anyway? What is it about gray iron that is so = special?=20 We say it is extremely rigid -- but it is not. It's brittle. Is this an = advantage? We say it has excellent internal damping characteristics -- but is this = an advantage? Why? Right off hand I can think of only two characteristics that make it a = particularly good choice for piano plates: [1] It is easy to machine and = [2] it is cheap. Neither of these has anything to do with its = performance in the piano. Del=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6d/6a/81/7f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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