Hello Capn. Joe Garrett Thanks for this: "The British really screwed things up with their own designations.<G>), and translate to known wire sizes of today. Also, if the wire "feels" limp, it's not "modern" steel wire, but rather "cast/iron" wire. That's a whole different bucket of worms. For that, I'd defer to Malcom Rose for clarification." Malcolm has his workshop just round the corner from me - that is, a couple of miles away - anything he doesn't know about early keyboards isn't worth knowing. In most of the catalogues (I like the use of the "ue" in that - don't you?) of suppliers to the early musical instrument movement his name is mentioned as supplier of iron string. Nice man - we chat a bit every now and then. His rebuilt oak workshop in English Passage, Lewes is quite a place. He holds recitals there quite often. :-) Regards Michael G (UK) BRITISH! AND PROUD OF IT!!! Ha! Ha! (even if, Like Bush, we do screw things up a bit.) But I still operate in 0.001" can't think in metric....<G> >From Darkest Sussex-by-the-Sea
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