>From the http://www.puresound-wire.com/ web site: Tensile strength 8 - 18% below usual pianowire(see "Wire Data"). Thanks David. I had not heard any reports/rumors. Good to hear that someone is saying good things. Apparently their web site has not been updated. Their ad in the June PTG Journal indicates that they have available a new stronger version of their stainless steel wire "for 20th century pianos". And from Ron N.: "You guys are neglecting your Journals. The July 2000 issue has an article "The Industrial Revolution and Piano Wire" with tables for gauges/diameters and breaking strengths." I have read that very interesting article several times. The new wire data is not in the article cited - nor is it on their web site. And besides, I was asking about any personal experiences with it. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Stanwood" <dstanwood@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 8:50 AM Subject: Re: Pure Sound Wire > From what I gather the tensile strength of the stainless Pure-Sound wire is > lower than carbon. So if you have a carbon string at say 60% of it breaking > tension the same string in stainless would be at a higher break point > percent. So I gather that scaling is a big consideration... I.E. low > tension scales only for this stuff! Does the manufacturer supply tech > support and info? I've heard glowing reports of the tone with the stainless > wire but also many reports of string breakage... > > Stanwood > > > >From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> > >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > >Subject: Pure Sound Wire > >Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 06:33:40 -0400 > > > >Has anyone used the new Pure Sound stainless steel piano wire yet? What > >type > >of piano. What kind of results? Even if you have not used it, any thoughts? > >I'm temped to try it, but not until I can get some idea of what to expect. > >Thanks > > > >Terry Farrell > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >
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