Custom cables. Brass wires ok?

[fnurl]

I am thinking of making some custom cables for some keyboards and went ahead and bought multistranded wire from Aliexpress. Later I noticed that I bought brass rather than copper. Will this be an issue?

I am not planning on making the cables very long (<1m), and it's just for keyboards.

[MykB77]

Brass doesn't conduct as well as copper and is less flexible.  If the cables are <1m you should still be okay but don't bend them around much.

[fnurl]

Brass doesn't conduct as well as copper and is less flexible.  If the cables are <1m you should still be okay but don't bend them around much.

Thanks, will consider ordering some copper wires as backup then, despite the description carrying the words "Super flexible" Good thing they were cheap

[yoippari]

Looking at conductivity ratings and I can't remember if these values actually convert in this way but brass is 28% as conductive as copper. I take that to mean that it would have roughly 4 times the resistance as a similar length copper cable. So a 1m brass cable will have the resistance of a 4m copper cable. I don't think there should be an signal loss but maybe check to see if there is any voltage drop at the end of your wire.