You need to have a mic to measure the wire, but you do not have to spend $200. Schaff sells a nice Starrett for $100. It's not the digital display type, so you'll need to spend five minutes learning how to read it. You could also pick up one from a retiring tech, or possibly even buy a cheap one to get started... not my recommendation, though. The really expensive wire gauges only read whole wire sizes. Convenient, but not too useful.
<br><br>The other day I tuned a S&S M. The A4 note only had one string, and when I pointed it out to the owner she said she'd heard a clangy noise a week prior. Funny, she didn't notice how weak-sounding that one note was, and likewise there was no trace of the remains (except the coils and an inch or two on one of the pins.)
<br><br>Paul Bruesch<br>Stillwater, MN<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matthew Todd</b> <<a href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">toddpianoworks@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Last weekend, I tuned a console for a lady and discovered that a treble note was missing a string. I pointed it out to her and I will be coming back to replace it.
</div> <div> </div> <div>But I got to thinking....there are no traces of this broken string anywhere in the piano. Totally vanished. So, I am assuming that the previous tuner broke it, and didn't say anything. Is that a fair assumption?
</div> <div> </div> <div>Anyway, how do I get a mic reading from the adjacent string, or calculate which size wire to use? I know PianoTek sells a micrometer than enables you to measure diameters of strings still in the piano, but I'd rather not spend $200 on this item if I can help it, and I'm assuming this situation doesn't happen THAT often.
</div> <div> </div> <div>Any help will be appreciated.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks!</div><span class="sg"> <div>Matthew</div></span><span class="ad"><p>
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