Editing Nylon (section)

=== Other forms ===

Nylon resins can be extruded into rods, tubes, and sheets.<ref name="Kohan"/>{{rp|209}}

Nylon powders are used to powder coat metals. [[Nylon 11]] and nylon 12 are the most widely used.<ref name="Kohan"/>{{rp|53}}

In the mid-1940s, classical guitarist [[Andrés Segovia]] mentioned the shortage of good guitar strings in the United States, particularly his favorite Pirastro [[catgut]] strings, to a number of foreign diplomats at a party, including General Lindeman of the British Embassy. A month later, the General presented Segovia with some nylon strings which he had obtained via some members of the DuPont family. Segovia found that although the strings produced a clear sound, they had a faint metallic [[timbre]] which he hoped could be eliminated.<ref name=Guitar>{{cite web|title=The History of Classical guitar strings|url=http://www.maestros-of-the-guitar.com/classicalguitarstrings.html|website=Maestros of the Guitar|access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref> Nylon strings were first tried on stage by Olga Coelho in New York in January 1944.<ref name="Bellow">{{cite book|last1=Bellow|first1=Alexander|title=The Illustrated History of the Guitar|date=1970|publisher=Franco Colombo|location=New York|page=193}}</ref> In 1946, Segovia and string maker [[Albert Augustine Ltd.|Albert Augustine]] were introduced by their mutual friend Vladimir Bobri, editor of Guitar Review. On the basis of Segovia's interest and Augustine's past experiments, they decided to pursue the development of nylon strings. DuPont, skeptical of the idea, agreed to supply the nylon if Augustine would endeavor to develop and produce the actual strings. After three years of development, Augustine demonstrated a nylon first string whose quality impressed guitarists, including Segovia, in addition to DuPont.<ref name=Guitar/> Wound strings, however, were more problematic. Eventually, however, after experimenting with various types of metal and smoothing and polishing techniques, Augustine was also able to produce high quality nylon wound strings.<ref name=Guitar/>