Hi Richard/ Newton, I have wondered about this as well. Röslau (from metric Germany) comes from the factory marked for the American market labeled in American sizes, i.e. 16, 161/2, 17, etc. What I am unsure about is if they actually draw American size gages or if they simply mark their metric wire to the closest American equivalent. Anyone know? I ordered Röslau gage 16 from APSCO recently and it mic'ed exactly the same as my metric Röslau gage 16 1/2 which I had imported from Germany to my shop (at more than twice the cost). I am going to continue my query with more sizes. Dave Sanderson Littleton, MA BTW: I don't have the oomlau for above the 'o' in Roslau/Röslau. I have simply used copy/paste from Richard's text. Do you have an international keyboard Richard? On Thu, 22 May 1997 23:19:42 -0500 Richard Moody <remoody@easnetsd.com> writes: >I am wondering why German wire sold by APSCO is not listed in its >metric size. >Röslau piano wire is listed in sizes 12 - 23 with half sizes the same >as Mapes and Diamond Brand. > The question is, is # 20 1/2 wire the same or different from >manufacturer to manufacturer? > >Richard the wirey >---------- >> From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com> >> To: pianotech@byu.edu >> Subject: Re: Duplex noise ratio >> Date: Thursday, May 22, 1997 12:46 PM >> >> Dave asked about metric wire sizes. The differences between metric >and >> American sizes are indeed small in the smaller sizes but become >rather >> more at the larger sizes. > >same here >> >> >> snip > >> >> I had both metric and American wire at Rutgers and used the metrics >on >> the Bechstein, Bosendorfer, the Yamahas and the Kawais. All others >got >> American wire. >> >> German wire is available from APSCo and Schaff. >> >> Newton >> nhunt@jagat.com >
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