Ron O, Dave, JD... all Thanks for chiming in Ron. And I agree wholeheartedly with your comments relative to the tone of posts. David Porritt is as sincere a contributer as they come. If we see something we do not agree with, we can put our thoughts down in a civil and respectful manner. For my part... and regardless of all other regards... I do not question the sincerity of anyone amoungst our midst. The question of soft versus hardened capo bars, and the trade offs involved are well known and well discussed and should yield no surprise to anyone. These two related threads have been excellent exchanges of ideas so far. That was the intent in the beginning and I hope we stay on that productive path. Cheers RicB 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. -- OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY Grand Piano Manufacturers _______________________ Web http://overspianos.com.au mailto:ron at overspianos.com.au _______________________ --
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