That's just great information, John. I have never seen that type of marking, but it makes perfect sense. Were Millimeters in common use in Germany back then? Somehow I thought they were something post WW-II, but that's probably just some kind of American bias. Don -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of John Delacour Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:50 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Music wire conversion table? At 08:11 -0700 03/09/2010, Roger Gable wrote: >...The wire size numbers marked on the bridge start with 7 3/4 in the >treble and end at 11 in the tenor. Tenths of a millimetre -- so you go from mwg 13 (0.775) to 19.5 (1.100) JD
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