Asian Music Wire

[Avery Todd]

Rob,

    Maybe I'm showing my ignorance here but I always thought that
"Asian" music wire was simply Metric wire. Is that not correct? If
so, I know Mapes has Metric, as well as "American" wire.

Avery

At 02:01 PM 01/23/00 -0800, you wrote:
>I was wondering if anyone could tell me where one might purchase
>Asian music wire, (the type used on Kawai, Yamaha, etc.).  Are
>these companies producing music wire in house or is there a
>Japanese company producing wire, (i.e. Mapes) who does it as a
>sub contractor?  If so is there a supply company that sells
>import Asian music wire in the U.S. ?
>
>When restringing Asian pianos I was thinking it might be
>appropriate to attempt to use this kind of wire seeing how these
>pianos have a higher tension scale, different sound, etc.  It
>might be a good experiment if nothing else.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rob Goodale, RPT
>Las Vegas, NV
>