[GreenKeys] Solder

[John Vendely]

It's true that there really is nothing special about Nassau solder.  The 
type in question is just an ordinary tin/lead rosin-core solder.   Years 
ago in Indianapolis, home of Western Electric's huge telephone 
manufacturing plant, Nassau solder would often turn up at the local 
hamfests.  I still have some.  I will say that its flux smoke has a 
pleasant fragrance, but other than that, it is quite ordinary.  Western 
Electric had a habit of making most everything they needed for their 
manufacturing operations.  They used tons of electronic grade tin/lead 
solder, and their Nassau metals recycling operation supplied their needs.

The "audiophile" community today is comprised of many mystics, gurus, 
snake oil salesmen, and bullshit artists.  Many bizarre belief systems 
exist within it.  Genuine Nassau solder is believed by some to have 
special metaphysical properties which are imparted to any equipment 
containing it.  On the other hand, maybe they're just gettin' off on the 
smell...

73,

John K9WT


On 11/28/2012 3:05 PM, Jim Haynes wrote:
> What's special about Nassau solder is that the audiophools go ape over
> anything Western Electric and have been known to pay on ebay really
> unbelieveable prices for rolls of Nassau solder.
>
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