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STRINGING V: Wire size availability

REPLACEMENT WIRE SIZE AVAILABILITY — August 2026
Diameter		Material
Imperial	Metric	Röslau Steel	Phosphor Bronze	US wire †					Birkett			Malcolm Rose
Imperial	Metric	Röslau Steel	Phosphor Bronze	Tinned Steel	Plain Soft Iron	Tinned Soft Iron	Yellow Brass	Red Brass	P Iron	Yellow Brass	Red Brass	Iron A	Iron B	Iron C	Yellow Brass	Red Brass
.006	.15	✓
.007	.18	✓		✓	✓	✓
.0075	.19					✓			✓			✓			✓
.008	.21	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓		✓			✓			✓
.0085	.22					✓	✓
	.225								✓	✓
.009	.23	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓					✓			✓
.0095	.24					✓
.010	.25	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓			✓
.0105	.27					✓
	.275								✓	✓
.011	.28	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓					✓			✓
.0115	.29					✓
.012	.30	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓			✓
.013	.33	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓					✓			✓
	.335								✓	✓
.014	.36	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓					✓			✓
.0145	.37								✓	✓
,015	.385		✓
.016	.40	✓	✓				✓					✓	✓	✓	✓
	.41								✓	✓
.017	.44													✓	✓
	.45								✓	✓
.018	.46		✓				✓						✓		✓
.019	.48														✓	✓
	.50								✓	✓	✓
.020	.52		✓			✓	✓	✓					✓		✓	✓
	.525									✓
	.55								✓		✓
.022	.56		✓				✓	✓					✓		✓	✓
.023	.58									✓
	.60												✓		✓	✓
.024	.61		✓			✓			✓		✓
.025	.64		✓				✓	✓		✓
.026	.65		✓										✓		✓	✓
.0265	.67										✓
.027	.69						✓	✓
.028	.70												✓	✓	✓	✓
.029	.74		✓					✓			✓
.030	.75												✓	✓	✓
.031	.80												✓	✓	✓	✓
.033	.85						✓	✓					✓	✓	✓	✓
.035	.90												✓	✓	✓	✓
.036	.91						✓
.037	.95												✓	✓	✓	✓
.039	1.00												✓	✓	✓	✓
.041	1.05													✓
.043	1.1													✓
† US wire is drawn in inches. Metric conversion is approximate.

✓ We will prepare a replacement string for your instrument from any of these available wires.

For discussion of these different wire types, see our Wire Identification page.

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