<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>   Ron</DIV> <DIV>  SO all things be theoretically equal If we added approx 6 lbx per string times 60 to 68 unisons worth of trichord  strings would yield a total tension increase of only roughly 408 lbs. Not a lot but the sound of a C-7 I once strung change dramatically by a simple 1/2 wire size increase. ........................   </DIV> <DIV>    It was a long time ago.  I was trying to beef up the sound.  It did, but I didnt' like the overall tonal pallete as much. Live & string</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR><BR>>   This looks like a metric scale & if strung with american wire will <BR>> result in very high tension especially in the top end...snap.  <BR><BR>At a 53mm speaking length on C-8, the difference between <BR>string tensions of #14 metric and US wire gage is about 6lbs <BR>per string, so it will make a difference in tension. The <BR>break% won't change, however, so there is no more danger of <BR>string breakage with the US gage than with the Metric for the <BR>same speaking length and pitch.<BR><BR>Ron N</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>