wrong?

[Newton Hunt]

>Dear list,
>	Have I been wrong all these years thinking that the winding was iron?
>Let me know please
>James Grebe from St. Louis
>pianoman@inlink.com
>

Soft iron.  It is less dense than copper so a larger winding can be use as
opposed to a too thin copper winding.  Often gives a sweet mellow sound.
Iron strings do loose tone faster than copper.  Aluminum is and has been
used when copper is just too thin to wind.

        Newton
        nhunt@jagat.com