stretching wire

[Ron Nossaman]

> I look forward to hearing Ron Nossaman's reaction to this. Unless he has 
> a compelling rebuttal,
> I think my mind is starting to settle.

I don't have a rebuttal, because I'm not arguing a point. This 
isn't a debate or pissing contest. It's an attempt at 
education. The abstract doesn't give any real information. We 
have learned from another source the information that wire 
permanently deforms immediately on stretching, and continually 
less with the passage of time at tension. How much less, and 
for how long? After a month at tension, what's the creep rate? 
After a year? After 20 years? At what point is the rate of 
creep inconsequential? The original question is still whether 
piano wire installed in a piano continues to stretch forever.

Ron N