stretching wire -- an anecdotal analysis

[Richard Brekne]

Well... er.. ja.. its comming from somewhere.  That said why is it on 
old pianos... say 60-70 years old... one finds often enough them holding 
pitch over several years far better then newer so called settled in 
instruments ?

Clearly there is much that is not understood... and it doesnt really 
seem like anyone is going to be able to find enough time and resources 
to figure it out... cause in the end we dont really need to know the 
answer to such questions.  We need only go and retune instruments and 
stuff the customers money in our pockets for a job well done :)

Cheers
RicB


    Even so, that pitch drop  has to come from SOMEWHERE. I have heard
    the same statement that wire "creeping" stretch is physically
    impossible, and it seems unlikely that the physicists are massive
    wrong on this..


    Kurt Baxter