---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Del, What are you considering as an alternative? Inquiring minds want to know!! Greg Newell At 02:16 PM 8/27/2002, you wrote: >And If I haven't created enough confusion yet, I'll toss out another one: > >Just why do we think gray iron is the best of all possible materials to >use for piano plates anyway? What is it about gray iron that is so special? > >We say it is extremely rigid -- but it is not. It's brittle. Is this an >advantage? > >We say it has excellent internal damping characteristics -- but is this an >advantage? Why? > >Right off hand I can think of only two characteristics that make it a >particularly good choice for piano plates: [1] It is easy to machine and >[2] it is cheap. Neither of these has anything to do with its performance >in the piano. > >Del > > > Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/33/97/6b/9b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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