<html> <body> At 10:23 PM 10/19/2004, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><For instance, the last time I bought Röslau wire from Schaff, it measured close to the US wire size, not the metric gage marked. Don Mannino> That must've been a long time back, because German Roslau Piano wire currently sold in the US is NOT Metric, and is "marked" In American Standard gauge.  It's been that way for a while now. Terry Peterson</blockquote> Terry, Sorry, my post might have added to the confusion a a little.  I shouldn't have said the "metric" gage marked on the wrapper.  It was just a couple of years ago.  I measured the wire with a metric micrometer, and it measured exactly the correct dimension for metric-drawn wire, but not of the size marked on the label, if you expected the label to be the metric size.  It was marked on the label with the US wire size closest to the measurement.  So what you are saying is the same thing I wrote - the wire is being sold in US wire sizes.  If you measure the wire carefully, though, it doesn't quite measure 'right on' the normal US wire gauge dimensions - it will match the metric wire dimensions in the spreadsheet I sent. Now, I know that Mapes draws both metric dimensions and US dimensions, so it is possible that Roslau also has started to draw US dimensions - but not on the wire I bought a few years back. Don Mannino</body> </html>