<html> All, It was quite by chance that I came across the following: New England Piano String 80 Amaranth Avenue Medford, MA 02155 Phone: (781) 393-4205 Fax: (781) 393-4325 E-mail: neps_strings@hotmail.com <a href="http://www.newenglandpiano.qpg.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.newenglandpiano.qpg.com/ </a>Maybe they're worth checking out? Thought you'all would like to know, /Claudia At 09:06 PM 5/9/2002 Thursday, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I have used several different brands of piano wire, over the years. A few years ago, I decided to try the Mapes wire. I found it to be stiffer and to have a brighter tone. For me, that was exactly the wrong direction to go. So, I threw it out. Besides, I don't like their packaging or their attitude. I like the consistancy of Roslau wire. If I had my druthers, I much prefer Black Diamond or some other AMERICAN wire, but thanks to the terrible attitude of US Steel, that's not possible. My next trial wire will be the "Pure Tone" stuff. I am curious and would like to try it. The problem there is I need to find out what the math/density coeficient is for the scaling program. Any one have a thought on that? Regards, Just My Opinion. Flame suit zipped up. <G> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)</blockquote> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> ----- Claudia Cimenti Northborough, Massachusetts claudia_cimenti@mail.com -----</html>