[CAUT] Wire gauge question

[Alan McCoy]

Here's a chart from Jurgen's web site.

http://www.pianofortesupply.com/wiresizes.html

Alan


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> From: Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:14:02 -0500
> To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Subject: [CAUT] Wire gauge question
> 
> Ok, what's going on here?  Would a Yamaha CFIII be using a different
> system of wire gauge?  It says 14 or 14.5 on the bridge, but it
> measures more like .032" which is 13.5 - is this metric?  If so, whose
> idea was it to make metric and "normal" so close to each other?
> 
> Thanks,
> scratchin' my head...
>