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Originally Posted by dsutton24

Well, not an easy question, as it turns out.

Best I could find were torque specs for 8-32 machine screws. The chart lists 17.8 lb/ft for carbon steel screws, and 16.2 lb/ft for brass, a difference of 9.8%. That doesn't relate directly to the tensile strngth of brass vs. steel, but it's interesting nonetheless.

If I was to guess, I think brass would be fine on an instrument that lead a pampered life, and wasn't knocked around a lot or strung with 14s. Maybe.

Thank you for looking that up! That is pretty interesting. So is carbon steel about 10% stronger than brass? I wonder how zinc compares.