<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Members of the List,    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anybody know if (and by how much) = there is a loss in the strength of piano wire from coiling on the tuning pin = and passing around a hitch pin?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also what is the elastic limit of piano = wire?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thank you</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stuart Balsillie<BR>Piano = Technician<BR>Woodend, Victoria<BR>AUSTRALIA<BR><A href="mailto:piano@iaa.com.au">piano@iaa.com.au</A><BR></FONT></DIV></B= ODY></HTML>