Stainless Steel Wire/Ron Nossaman's question

[Newton Hunt]

> The wire is used mostly because of the less tension it needs , and
> because of the mellower sound it gives.
> 

Lowering tension with normal piano wire will have a "mellower sound".  There may
well be some difference but you cannot compare the sound of two wires at
different tension.  ALL parameters have to be as close as possible to get a
valid comparison.

		Newton