[CAUT] Steinway D

[Ron Nossaman]

On 1/22/2011 11:56 AM, David Love wrote:
> Maybe.  But I've jumped through all the hoops before and still felt that
> something was just slightly not as good as it could be in that section.

Well, yea. If I had an unlimited budget and all the time there is, I'd 
never produce anything perfect. And what I liked more yesterday, I'd 
like less today. We're already pretty deeply into subjective fog with 
some of this stuff.


> Couldn't say for sure that it was the capo but have wondered.

That's it - wondered.


>Seems a shame
> to go through all that board and plate stuff stopping just short, if that's
> what it is.

I think it would be interesting to play with, and potentially quite 
educational.


>So what hardness and finish would you use.  I found this on
> line http://www.precisionkidd.com/pdf/DrillRodData.pdf. What is the diameter
> of #40?

I'd thought just regular old water hard drill rod, and #40 is 0.098" 
(2.49mm). It's soft enough to work easily, but seems hard enough to do 
the job. I looked it up just now, and got a Rockwell C hardness of 23, 
which is less than I presumed. I'm starting to like Serge's beryllium 
copper more all the time.
Ron N