[CAUT] Friction (was restrung D)

[Ron Overs]

  Dave, JD etc.

>. . . Also I don't have any soft cast iron (at least not soft enough 
>that I want to bang my head on it) but the cast iron I see in pianos 
>is soft enough for strings to groove it as I see on the capo bars 
>when the strings are removed.
>
>dp

I agree with your observations Dave. Its all relative, and as-cast 
cast iron is too soft to maintain its shape as an effective 
termination point. The last figure I heard for the hardness of piano 
wire was 45 on the Rockwell C scale.

>I suggest you do some reading and get your facts straight before you
>contradict the laws of nature.

JD, I don't understand why you find it necessary to go after Dave in 
this manner. Dave P. is one of the sincere guys on this list, and I 
would have expected some level of diplomacy to be more appropriate.

Indeed JD, I would like to suggest that you inspect a few in-service 
capo bars for your own edification. If its string noise you're after, 
as-cast capo bars are just the ticket.

Regards,
Ron O.
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