It is far too early to have an opinion yet, first I have to do the basic work into understanding the system. I need time........and it is a question of economy. The gold price is on a damn high level, so such a string should last one or two lifetimes.................of the LUTHENIST Martina
"KEVIN LAWTON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: How about Gold windings wrapped around a steel or brass core. Do you think that would work ? Kevin. Martina Rosenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would be very surprised if instrument strings could be made entirely of gold as it is so soft and malleable they would be inclined to stretch at the slightest tension, I would think. However, wrapping steel-cored strings with gold could possibly work. Kevin. Sure, Kevin, pure gold is not stable enough, that's right. 1g can be stretched to 1 km (!!) It is a question of alloying (melting in other materials) And THAT will be a real task to find out, given Peter's calculation help regards Martina -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
