<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I may have been among the first in North America to use stainless steel wire from Pure Sound. I have had good results with the wire in restringing instruments from the period 1850-1875. Some of my European colleagues who have tried to use the wire for 20th-century instruments report frequent string breakage. Some years ago I asked Röslau in Germany to test original iron and steel wires from early 19th-century pianos. The results can be found on my website at <A href="http://www.mozartpiano.com/articles/wiretest.html">http://www.mozartpiano.com/articles/wiretest.html</A><DIV>The wire test results might suggest some areas of inquiry for your study. </DIV> <DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; ">Edward SwensonPianos and Fortepianoshttp://www.mozartpiano.com/11 Congress St. PO Box 634Trumansburg, NY 14886-0634607-387-6650Mobile: 607-280-7945European Cell Phone: 0049-1520-136-2992 </DIV> </BODY></HTML>