At 23:28 -0700 30/06/2011, Rob McCall wrote: >I have a set of bass strings I removed from an old grand. My 13 year >old wants to know if she can have the money from recycling the >copper. The recycling place won't take it if it's still wrapped on >the steel core. > >I've tried to find an easy way to have my daughter remove the copper >but the effortless method has eluded me to date. :-) > >Anyone have any ideas? I wish I had. I get £4 per kilo for "bright" copper scrap but they give very little for what they call "brassy iron" and I have hundredweights of it waiting for the right idea to light up. I think the answer for a large quantity is to hire or build a furnace, but for the 5 pounds of copper you're going to get from one set there's no cost-effective answer unless your children are good with an oxy-acetylene torch! JD
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