They would have to have been gold plated, not solid gold. Solid gold is way to soft to withstand the tension of a piano string. Wim -----Original Message----- From: JWyatt1492 at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thu, 21 May 2009 4:40 am Subject: [pianotech] GOLD -- STRINGS ?????????? Hello to All, ? ??? As most of you know the Schomacker Piano Co. of Philadelphia,?at one time, ?advertised that? their Pianos had gold?strings (plated).? I am one of those that does not take everything I read or hear as being 100% the truth. I read carefully words not written and listen closely---?to words not spoken. ? ?????? ?Having a broken (gold)?string from a Schomacker? I finality got around? having it??analyzed.?This was done by the? Micron/TecPlate Co. ? ? These so-called " Golden Strings" were indeed and in fact? " GOLD " plated. ? ?This is what I call ""??The rest of the story? "" ? ? If anyone wants, ?I will send you a?copy of ?the actual report. ?? ?????????? ?' A guy who wants to know.'?? Regards Jack Wyatt Dallas????????? Huge savings on HDTVs from Dell.com! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090521/67e8bdd8/attachment.htm>
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