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STRINGING V: Wire size availability

REPLACEMENT WIRE SIZE AVAILABILITY — March 2024
Diameter		Material
Imperial	Metric	Röslau Steel	Phosphor Bronze	US wire †				Birkett			Malcolm Rose
Imperial	Metric	Röslau Steel	Phosphor Bronze	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							✓	✓
.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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