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Leah Aronow-Brown
Dept. of Communication, U. of Alaska Fairbanks
May God stand between you and harm in all the empty
places where you must walk.
- Babylon 5
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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Julie M. Lehrman wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jan 1997, David M. Holmes-Smith wrote:
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> > An opern question: Of you in harp land that are fasinated with the
> > non-wood harp as a robust alternative, would you take metal over plastic
> > if both we equal in sund and action?
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> > David
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> Only if it was lighter than a wood or plastic harp the same size.
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> I'd worry about corrosion of the metal (that unsightly white stuff that
> quickly forms on pure aluminum). I'd also worry about
> redox/electrochemical reactions between the metal of the harp and the
> different metal of the strings and tuning pins...but I'm just an chemist,
> not a harp-experimenter.
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> Julie
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> Julie Lehrman May a song always brighten
> Univ of VA, Chemistry Dept your heart and your hearth
> jml2q@Virginia.edu -Gypsy blessing
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