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Author Message   Mndean Tinkerer Username: Mndean Post Number: 244 Registered: 08-2007 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 10:53 pm:    Electric guitar strings will be easy to find down to about .008, also you could try other stringed instruments (banjo, mandolin) as well. Electric guitar strings singly will be cheaper than piano wire to experiment with. Acoustic guitar strings - I don't know if I've ever seen a 1st string as small as even .009 on an acoustic. You should try find a music store nearby that sells single strings (lots of guitarists break strings so don't need a whole set), and ask for whichever size 1st string(s) you want. I don't think these materials will make very good strings without Mike's advice above about tempering and hardening.