<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">     So far nobody has listed Hubbard's URL. It is <A HREF="http://www.hubharp.com">http://www.hubharp.com</A>. They have a catalogue from which you can order most strings you might need (and they will tie tails for you, if you like). I also like the Instrument Workshop, which someone else mentioned. Definitely use a micrometer to measure broken wires. You can usually measure what's left on the tuning pin if the whole wire is missing. Typically there will be four to eight different diameters of brass (red brass, yellow brass, phosphor bronze, or whatever is used on that instrument), and if you get it wrong in the wrong direction, it will break. Or sound pretty bad in the other direction.     Probably what you say looks like copper is "red brass." And what looks like brass is "yellow brass." It would be nice if you could find a manual or stringing chart (which should be somewhere with the instrument). BTW, if you DO have trouble with breakage (not caused by bad tails or crossed windings on the pin), go thinner, not thicker. Kind of counterintuitive, but that's how it works (not to get into theory). Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico Stephen Snyder wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> Dear Friends, I service a harpsichord built by Eric Herz in 1969.  2 manuals, 2- 8ft, 1- 16ft and 1 - 4ft.  Several strings have broken in the lowest octave in both the 8 ft and 4 ft registers.  The wire is not steel - some looks like brass and some looks like copper. 3 questions - 1. Does any one have experience with this type of instrument?  2.  What exactly is this wire made of? and3.  Where can I get the wire.  Any help would be gratly appreciated. Regards,Steve Stephen Snyder Piano Technician 342 Scotts Lake Road Salem, NY 12865 518-854-3888 e-mail: <a href="mailto:shsnyder@sover.net">shsnyder@sover.net</a>    </blockquote> </body> </html>