[CAUT] Scientific study - Stainless wire (Help!)

[Wimblees at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/27/07 11:11:25 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time,  
jim_busby at byu.edu writes:

We (BYU) finally are ready to do  some scientific studies of stainless wire. 
This will be conducted by Physics  professors/students here at BYU. Could any 
of you help me pose some  “questions”, “queries” or whatever you want to 
call it, for these  studies? 
One of our student piano  technicians is doing his senior project and his 
professors (who we’ve bugged  for years) are just now getting excited about  
this. 
Here are some things I’ve thought  of; 
    1.  What are the actual  differences in sound between stainless and Mapes 
or Roslau? (Spectrum,  etc.)  
    2.  What are the  differences in inharmonicity between the two?  
    3.  (how?) Do bass  strings with stainless core sound different than 
other  core?  
    4.  etc….  
Jim Ellis, others, I’d really like  some input on this. We have our ducks in 
a row so now is the  time. 
Thanks, 
Jim Busby  BYU


 
Jim
 
We all know what rust can do to strings. But how does that effect the tone  
of the string? What I would to see is some micro photos of strings with  rust, 
the oxidation process, and the difference in tone between a rusted  string and 
non-rusted string.
 
Willem (Wim)  Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu,  Hawaii




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