Hi, Mark wrote: > I would think silk cord would be a much better choice than > carpet thread... and Terry wrote: > I do NOT use silk, > or carpet thread or anything of the sort, but rather 15lb. monofilament I tested two replacement materials by burning: Yamaha's smells like plastic, Pianotek's like cotton. Wool fibers can be bent over on themselves 20000 times, opposed to 2000 for cotton and 1000 for silk, if I remember correctly. I'm sure similar information is available for synthetic monofilaments, and I would guess it decreases for larger diameters: perhaps the reason Yamaha's is cord. CLark
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