[CAUT] recycling bass strings?

[Mike Kurta]

    Hi Russell:
    I think it boils down to economics.  To spend the time and energy to 
reclaim by unwinding the copper wire from a steel core bass string to 
recover a few ounces of a non-precious metal might not make sense.  Since 
tuning pins are steel, and in small amounts they probably have little value. 
I can remember however during WWII when scrap drives counted on small 
quantities by many people to help the war effort.  During those years 
everyone pitched in, but alas, those days are gone and the drop in the 
bucket piano technicians could or would contribute would perhaps be 
insignificant today....
    Mike Kurta