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="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">greetings,<BR>
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p; When I look in a McMaster Carr catalog I see that .031 diameter wire (AST=
M A228 spring carbon steel wire which the catalog refers to as music wire) i=
s 20AWG. However, in the Schaff catalog .031 diameter is size 13. Why are mu=
sic wire sizes different from AWG?<BR>
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p; Is it just that Piano supply houses want to confuse us tuners into =
purchasing their wire at nearly three times the price or what? Has anyone ev=
er ordered wire from another (cheaper) source than the piano supply houses?<=
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rookie,<BR>
Julia Gottchall,<BR>
Reading, PA</FONT></HTML>