<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=piano49@bellsouth.net = href="mailto:piano49@bellsouth.net">John W. Peterson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> August 19, 2002 9:27 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Synchrotone Bass Strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Hi Paul.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>This section records the = conversations between the wire maker, manufacturers and technicians. One of the = topics covered is iron-wound (steel-wound) strings vs. the "new" copper-wound = and copper-plated-winding strings. fwiw: William Braid White is one of the = participants.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Actually, they probably = were iron-wound. Pure iron--i.e., without carbon--is quite malable and can easily be made = into wire suitable for wrapping bass strings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 = size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>