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Del,<br>
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you considering as an alternative? Inquiring minds want to
know!!<br><br>
Greg Newell<br><br>
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At 02:16 PM 8/27/2002, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font color="#000080">And If I
haven't created enough confusion yet, I'll toss out another
one:</font><br>
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<font color="#000080">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? </font><br>
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<font color="#000080">We say it is extremely rigid -- but it is not. It's
brittle. Is this an advantage?</font><br>
<br>
<font color="#000080">We say it has excellent internal damping
characteristics -- but is this an advantage? Why?</font><br>
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<font color="#000080">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.</font><br>
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<font color="#000080">Del</font> <br>
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Greg Newell<br>
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