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I think we can all rest assured that Roslau wire is indeed being made
in metric sizes. For the North American market, it is sold in bulk
to distributors who re-package it into smaller coils and mark it in
American gauge numbers.<br>
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There is a chart for comparing American and German gauges on my
website. It is quite interesting to note that in small sizes, American
gauge numbers are higher, 11.5 is the same in both gauges, and above
11.5 the American numbers are lower! See<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com/wiresizes.html">http://www.pianofortesupply.com/wiresizes.html</a><br>
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Roslau used to include a little cheat sheet in each of the coils they
packaged. The back had a chart of their gauges, the front has a neat
old-fashioned advertisement (see below).<br>
<br>
Jurgen Goering<br>
Piano Forte Supply<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid200410201526.i9KFQdY14026@bridget.rudoff.com">That must've
been a long time back, because German Roslau Piano wire currently sold
in the US is NOT Metric, and is "marked" In American Standard gauge.
It's been that way for a while now.
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<br>
Terry Peterson
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