<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>   Chris</DIV> <DIV>  Try Mark Degan</DIV> <DIV>   Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>An acquaintance who manufactures signal interconnect cables for audio equipment<BR>has fallen in love with a particular copper wire that is, apparently, used to<BR>wrap bass piano strings. The wire is made in German= y, but my acquaintance does<BR>not know the manufacturer. I imagine there can= not be all that many<BR>manufacturers of such wire in Germany. If anyone on th= is list might be able to<BR>give me some information about a possible source = of this wire, I would be most<BR>grateful. Thanks!<BR><BR>Christopher Witmer<BR>Tokyo<BR>_______________________________________________</FONT><= /BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>