<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">In a message dated 9/8/02 8:22:41 AM Central Daylight Time, RNossaman@cox.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I wouldn't give ANYTHING to someone wanting to mount himself on a mandolin,  but I did once turn down a request for music wire from someone wanting to put it in a weed whacker. This must mean something, but I can't think of what it might be. Ron N </BLOCKQUOTE> We once sold 600' of piano wire to a man who needed a plumb line in a mine shaft.  Funny thing is while this guy was calling around to find piano wire one of my competitors quoted him $600.00, a dollar a foot.  Needless to say we saved him at least 50% !! David Koelzer Vintage Pianos DFW</HTML>