Piano Wire Chart
To help determine proper piano wire size for other projects.
Wire Conversion Charts |
S.W.G. |
Wire Number |
A.W.G. or
B&S |
A.W.G.
Metric |
(Inches)
|
(Gauge)
|
(Inches)
|
(MM)
|
0.500 |
0000000 (7/0) |
....................... |
............ |
0.464 |
000000 (6/0) |
0.580000 |
............ |
0.432 |
00000 (5/0) |
0.516500 |
............ |
0.400 |
0000 (4/0) |
0.460000 |
11,684 |
0.372 |
000 (3/0) |
0.409642 |
10,404 |
0.348 |
00 (2/0) |
0.364796 |
9,266 |
0.324 |
0 (1/0) |
0.324861 |
8,252 |
0.300 |
1 |
0.289297 |
7,348 |
0.276 |
2 |
0.257627 |
6,543 |
0.252 |
3 |
0.229423 |
5,827 |
0.232 |
4 |
0.2043 |
5,189 |
0.2120 |
5 |
0.1819 |
4,621 |
0.1920 |
6 |
0.1620 |
4,115 |
0.1760 |
7 |
0.1443 |
3,665 |
0.1600 |
8 |
0.1285 |
3,264 |
0.1440 |
9 |
0.1144 |
2,906 |
0.1280 |
10 |
0.1019 |
2,588 |
0.1160 |
11 |
0.0907 |
2,304 |
0.1040 |
12 |
0.0808 |
2,052 |
S.W.G. |
Wire Number |
A.W.G. or
B&S |
A.W.G.
Metric |
0.0920 |
13 |
0.0720 |
1,829 |
0.0800 |
14 |
0.0641 |
1,628 |
0.0720 |
15 |
0.0571 |
1,450 |
0.0640 |
16 |
0.0508 |
1,291 |
0.0560 |
17 |
0.0453 |
1,150 |
0.0480 |
18 |
0.0403 |
1,024 |
0.0400 |
19 |
0.0359 |
0,9119 |
0.0360 |
20 |
0.0320 |
0,8128 |
0.0320 |
21 |
0.0285 |
0,7239 |
0.0280 |
22 |
0.0253 |
0,6426 |
0.0240 |
23 |
0.0226 |
0,5740 |
0.0220 |
24 |
0.0201 |
0,5106 |
0.0200 |
25 |
0.0179 |
0,4547 |
0.0180 |
26 |
0.0159 |
0,4038 |
0.0164 |
27 |
0.0142 |
0,3606 |
0.0148 |
28 |
0.0126 |
0,3200 |
0.0136 |
29 |
0.0113 |
0,2870 |
0.0124 |
30 |
0.0100 |
0,2540 |
0.0116 |
31 |
0.0089 |
0,2261 |
0.0108 |
32 |
0.0080 |
0,2032 |
0.0100 |
33 |
0.0071 |
0,1803 |
S.W.G. |
Wire Number |
A.W.G. or
B&S |
A.W.G.
Metric |
0.0092 |
34 |
0.0063 |
0,1601 |
0.0084 |
35 |
0.0056 |
0,1422 |
0.0076 |
36 |
0.0050 |
0,1270 |
0.0068 |
37 |
0.0045 |
0,1143 |
0.0060 |
38 |
0.0040 |
0,1016 |
0.0052 |
39 |
0.0035 |
0,0889 |
0.0048 |
40 |
0.0031 |
0,0787 |
0.0044 |
41 |
0.0028 |
0,0711 |
0.0040 |
42 |
0.0025 |
0,0635 |
0.0036 |
43 |
0.0022 |
0,0559 |
0.0032 |
44 |
0.0020 |
0,0508 |
0.0028 |
45 |
0.0018 |
0,0457 |
0.0024 |
46 |
0.0016 |
0,0406 |
0.0020 |
47 |
0.0014 |
0,0350 |
0.0016 |
48 |
0.0012 |
0.0305 |
0.0012 |
49 |
0.0011 |
0,0279 |
0.0010 |
50 |
0.0010 |
0,0254 |
|
51 |
0.00088 |
0,0224 |
|
52 |
0.00078 |
0,0198 |
|
53 |
0.00070 |
0,0178 |
|
54 |
0.00062 |
0,0158 |
|
55 |
0.00055 |
0,0140 |
|
56 |
0.00049 |
0,0124 |
Gages
Arranged In Columns As Follows:
AWG= American Wire Gauge
B&S= Brown & Sharpe
SWG= Imperial Standard Wire Gauge-
(British legal standard)
Comment:
Values are stated in
approximate decimals of an inch excluding the metric
numbers. As a number of gages are in use for various
shapes and metals, it is advisable to state the thickness
in thousands when specifying in gage number. Metric wire
gage is 10 times the diameter in millimeters.
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