<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ccccff"> Here's a piano posting! There was a discussion on wire sizes and gauges recently.  I have just uploaded a revised string size chart to my website.  It shows that Röslau wire, which is drawn to metric standards, is significantly different in dimension than the nominal size it is sold as in North America.  For example: a Rölau wire sold in the US as #14  (.033") actually measures .0335" which is .85 mm.  This corresponds to #14.5 in the Metric system.  It is important to remember that the vast majority of all piano makes use the metric system/gauges.  The wire sizes indicated on the bridges/plates of pianos from Asia and Europe are the metric sizes. Have I confused everyone?  Check out the chart: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com/wiresizes.html">http://www.pianofortesupply.com/wiresizes.html</a> Jurgen Goering </body> </html>