stringing supplies

[Dick Beaton]

As long as you are measuring wire sizes....the same formula applies for
center pins except you use   10     instead of the 5
Dick MT
----- Original Message -----
From: David ilvedson <ilvey@jps.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: stringing supplies


>
>   >>
> The formula is "subtract 5 from your measurement and divide
> by 2, i.e. .035 = 35 - 5 = 30 divided by 2 = 15, the wire size".
>
> David I.
>
>
> A micrometer is a measuring tool to measure the thickness of piano wire.
This
> measurement, which will show up in thousands of an inch, needs to be
> transposed to a piano wire size. The formula is complicated, and I am sure
> someone will tell it to you. But I just copied the wire thickness, and the
> equivalent wire size on a piece of paper, which I keep in my micrometer
box.
>
> Wim
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA
> ilvey@jps.net
>